Chapter 9: Homecoming
86_86276The summer wind blows through the endless wheat fields with dry heat, the golden wheat waves are undulating constantly, Xia Ruo, who wears a big straw hat, walks through his wheat field, and wipes the sweat on his face with the wet towel hanging around his neck from time to time, but the time is too long, and the moisture on the towel has almost disappeared.
Looking at the oats in the basket that were almost full, Xia Ruo smiled with satisfaction, the oats can't be threshed with other wheat when the wheat is harvested, and the others don't care, it's a big deal to sift out these shriveled parts before making flour.
Xia Ruo thought of delicious and nutritious cereals, so he went out under the sun, and Xia Mingming, a foodie who turned into a fart, heard that he was going to work for an afternoon, so he ran to play without twisting his head.
On a June day, the child's face, lest a rain delay this year's good harvest, the fast-moving people have already begun to harvest the wheat.
The people with a large population have one person on the same ridge, and Cheng Liang's sickle of grinding moves in unison, the wheat stubble is stunned, and the bundles of wheat are put aside.
Those with small populations either put it at the end and ask someone to help, or they brought in a large harvester from outside. Now this thing is still fashionable, dozens of yuan per acre of land, and most families are still reluctant to spend this money.
Xia Ruo's family is one of these most people's families, Xia Ruo doesn't want her mother to work so hard, and she doesn't want her to go to her grandmother's house to find her uncle and uncle to help, everyone is very busy with the wheat harvest, but she knows that Zhao Lan, who can live, would rather give up her own work and will not spend this money.
Thinking of this, Xia Ruo sighed, bent down and put the handful of oats that had just been folded into the basket, and when he looked up again, a black dot in the distance walked all the way along the shade of the tree by the river, becoming more and more obvious.
The farmer who straightened up and rested looked at the figure curiously, and couldn't help but discuss: "Hey, who's coming?" ”
"I can't see clearly, I must be coming to the wheat harvest, and many people have come back from the village in the past few days." The other went to the edge of the field and picked up the kettle and drank the water, the cold well water had been roasted into warm water by the scorching heat, and he was sweating profusely, so he couldn't drink it happily.
"Three boys, go get some water from the well." shouted at his youngest son and continued to beckon everyone to get busy.
The three boys, who were trying to scare Xia Ruoyi, agreed dissatisfiedly, touched his head and smiled at Xia Ruojing's bright eyes: "If you are thirsty or not, the water in the well is cold." ”
"No, I'm not thirsty, I'm going home too." Xia Ruo parted the wheat on her leg and stepped out, carried the basket to her arm and walked back, the time was almost up, she should go home.
"Oh." The boy pouted boringly, Xia Ruo was not as fun-loving as before, if it wasn't for his father watching from the side, he would have gone to swim in the river in such a sultry weather.
"The three boys don't go quickly." The adults who were working in the fields straightened up and immediately roared when they saw their playful children.
The child immediately rushed out with the kettle, lest he be beaten slowly.
The boy casually threw the bucket by the well into it, and made bored faces at himself in the well.
"Xiaoyang, be careful of falling in." With a relaxed smile in his gentle voice, the boy who was called turned his head and was stunned for a moment, and then shouted in surprise: "Uncle Dayu!" ”
Xia Yu helped him pull the water out of the well and put him on his shoulder: "Xiaoyang has grown into a big guy, and the rice at my house is not in vain." Xia Yu made a joke about Zhang Yang.
Zhang Yang, who was quite beautiful at the beginning, immediately reluctant, he just rubbed rice when he was a child, and now he eats his own food very honestly: "Uncle Dayu, I haven't eaten my aunt's cooking for a long time." ”
His mother was troublesome at home, so she prevented her from sneaking out of the house during meals, even if she went out, she would definitely be able to get herself back before eating.
"It's okay, Uncle Dayu will make you two delicious ones later." In the days of the army, Xia Yu honed a good skill, including cooking, but the men of their family are also talented in this area, and any one of them is a chef who can make big dishes, so whoever has a happy event in the village will ask them to come over to help, and Changmian is not.
"Okay, okay, by the way, Uncle Dayu, if Ruo is here," Thinking of Xia Ruo he saw just now, Zhang Yang hurriedly raised his hands and shouted: "Xia Ruo, Ruoruo, your father is back......" The voice spread far away, and even brought an echo.
Xia Ruo looked back and squinted his eyes, the sun had sunk in the west, the sky was full of red clouds, and his father in his prime coincided with his gray hair with his memory, Xia Ruo felt that the tip of his nose was a little sour for no reason, this is his father, his father who has been busy all his life for this family.
Looking at the people who were getting closer and closer, Xia Ruo ran over: "Dad, you're back." ”
Facing his daughter, Xia Yu didn't know how to be good, looked at Xia Ruo, who was flying over, and immediately hugged her, originally thought that the child would be estranged from herself, and it was really still connected by blood.
"Heavy rain is back, is the construction site busy, if you can't be busy, ask your eldest brother for help, he has nothing else, just has a lot of strength......" This is the neighbor's aunt, who usually likes to take advantage of small advantages, often talks with Yang Qinqin, and laughs at Zhao Lan, who only gives birth to a daughter, but because of Xia Yu's work, she will be able to get by on face.
"What did my sister-in-law say, my eldest brother's craftsmanship was not said, who in our village didn't boast." The eldest brother next door is a carpenter, and his craftsmanship is ancestral, but most of the furniture is bulky and unfavorable, and the business is not comparable to before, but he can also make some money.
There is nothing to introduce the job to the family, but the nephew of the Xia Yu family in the past the year before last, just worked for a month and chased for wages, and disliked the food on the construction site.
Therefore, after settling his salary, Xia Yu sent him back in a good voice, and if there is such a thing in the future, it will be dismissed.
The neighbor's aunt muttered a few words in a low voice, but she didn't say anything more, but she was a little indignant in her heart: "Da Yuxin is too lonely, isn't it just to introduce someone to the past, and not to let him pay his salary." ”
"You don't talk much, if you can introduce people over, and the heavy rain can not let me pass, you don't know what kind of person he is." Seeing that she looked looking for trouble, her husband immediately whispered: "Hurry up and work, don't it rain." ”
As soon as I heard this, the people around me who still wanted to talk quickly lowered their heads and cut wheat, time waits for no one, gossip and talk about it when we are free.
Zhang Yang was stopped by his father to work in the field, and he regretfully planned to slip over at night.
Xia Ruo shook his two hands and easily followed Xia Yu's side, and from time to time secretly looked at his father with a basket in one hand and a handbag in the other, his father was tall and tall, and he walked at the same pace, Xu was to take care of his small steps, and the frequency slowed down a lot, no matter how you look, Dad is a very attractive person.
Xia Yu couldn't help but pull the corners of her mouth, I remember that when I came back last year, I was still scared and hid behind my mother, why is she so bold this year? However, seeing that his child relied on himself, Xia Yu's heart was very happy.
He doesn't want to work outside the home all year round, he just wants to give his wife and daughter better living conditions, so that they don't have to worry about these things. The gap between myself and my children who lack communication is getting bigger and bigger, although I know that they are sensible, but I am a little depressed in my heart, I am their father.
Therefore, it is better for the girl to be bold. Thinking of his wife's phone saying that this daughter is very greedy, go up to the tree to pick locust flowers, go down to the river to catch fish and shrimp, as long as there is something to eat, she must be the first to act, so she will go to the field to fold oats. Thinking of this, Xia Yu took out a handful of candy from the side of his bag and handed it to Xia Ruo: "This is a gummy, it's delicious, you can taste it." ”
Xia Ruo was embarrassed to take the candy that his father handed to him with expectant eyes, how greedy he was, you must know that the snack goods are the third Xia Mingming