Chapter 010 Lin Zi 1

After feeding the pigs, Luo Ran returned to the West Cross Courtyard. Seeing Luo Youli picking up farm tools, the eldest brother Luo Wenxuan was helping beside him. He walked over.

"Daddy, brother, when did grandpa say during dinner to go to the town to buy farm tools?" During the meal, Luo Ran heard his father ask the old man to go to the town to buy a few sickles to be used for the wheat harvest, so he kept his mind.

"Your grandfather said that today's work in the fields is almost done, and tomorrow you will go. There is still more than a month to harvest the wheat, and everyone has to prepare everything, otherwise it will be too busy by then" Luo Youli stretched out his hand to touch Luo Ran's little head, but found that his hands were not very clean, so he shrank back again.

"Then tomorrow my brother and I will also go to help my father get farm tools." Luo Ran began to pretend to be a child and sell cuteness.

"Hey, I'll talk to your grandma tomorrow." Luo Youli agreed without much thought.

"Hehehe." Luo Wenxuan knew that his sister and younger brother wanted to go to the town to play, and he didn't make a sound when he saw his sister selling cuteness. only secretly laughed on the side, and threw a "cute and shameful" look at his sister.

"En" Luo Ran winked at his eldest brother and was stunned. I thought to myself, the chance of grandma agreeing is too small, and I still need to ask the old man when the time comes. Forget it, let's go to the woods this afternoon to see if there's anything valuable, and I'll go to the town tomorrow to find out the situation. Luo Ran thought about it and went back to the house to find his mother and Wensheng.

"Ran'er, don't argue with your grandmother and your third aunt in the future, do you know?" When Zheng saw Luo Ran enter the house, he directly pulled Luo Ran to sit on the kang and instructed, for fear that this child would make his mother angry for a while. I don't know what's going on, Ran Er has been much bolder than before in the past two days, as if she was a different person. Especially today, I dared to interject at the dinner table.

"But, mother, they always ask you to work more. Mother ......" Luo Ran was also speechless.

"It's okay, you don't have to suffer a loss when you work, just do more for your mother. But you are usually not allowed to contradict them, in case you upset your grandmother, our life will be sad. Zheng said with a heartfelt voice.

"Well, mother, I know." Faced with this situation, Luo Ran asked Cang Tian speechlessly. This is still called not suffering, isn't life sad now? Blind forbearance is never exchanged for tolerance in the future, but only makes others worse. But at this time, she had to deal with her own bun first, and she was worried about it.

"That mother went to the field, you and your brother are obedient at home, don't go to the river." Zheng saw Luo Ran nodding and was relieved. These children are obedient and never worry.

"Her father, have you packed up?" After Zheng wrapped his head in a turban, he went to call Luo Youli.

"Hey, it's all right, hurry up, or Dad should wait." Luo Youli said and picked up two hoes and went to the main courtyard.

The old man was sitting in the courtyard smoking a dry cigarette, frowning. The smoke rings that spit out do not disperse for a long time, which makes people feel even more sad. Seeing the two members of the second family and Luo Wenxuan coming out, he said to Luo Youli: "Tell your eldest brother and Youfu to come out quickly and go to work in the field." ”

"Hey......, I'm going to call it." Luo Youli hurriedly put down the hoe and went to the main house and the east courtyard.

The courtyard of the Luo family's old house is very large, and it is a relatively neat row of houses in the village. It is divided into five main rooms, east and west courtyards, and the layout is similar to the courtyard houses in Beijing, but it is not the same. It is said that it is an east-west courtyard, but in fact it is in a courtyard, separated by no fence. It's just that there is about three or four feet of open space between the west cross courtyard and the main house, and some sundries are usually guarded upon. There is a kitchen between the east courtyard and the main house.

The old couple and Luo Qiao live in two main houses, and the big family lives in the other three main houses. The east and west courtyards were later set up by the eldest when he married. There are three rooms in the east and west courtyards. The second child lives in the west courtyard, and the third child lives in the east courtyard. Originally, the eldest family lived in the east courtyard, and the second family lived in the west courtyard. Later, when the third child married, the old man let the eldest family move to the main house, and the east courtyard was given to the third child. Anyway, this family will be inherited by the eldest in the future, and it is also in line with the rules to let the eldest son live in the main house in advance, and the status of the eldest son and eldest grandson in the Luo family will be determined on the surface.

After a while, the eldest and third daughter-in-law came out one after another.

"Dad, Wen Ming and his mother have been back to their parents' house for a few days, and I want to pick them up today. Take advantage of the opportunity to inquire to see if you can buy a few sets of past exam papers. Luo Youxiao hesitated to say to the old man.

"Didn't you send a letter yesterday saying that they would come back by themselves in two days?" The old man took a puff of dry tobacco, then looked at his eldest son and asked.

"Here, the time to live is not short, and I am also worried about the name of the text."

"You go, let Wenming study hard, don't worry about family affairs, buy a few sets of test papers, and the family's money will come first." The old man sighed, paused and said, "It's too hot in the next day, so there is no need to go to the literature and materials, and there is not much work left." ”

"Grandpa, I'm not afraid of the heat." Luo Wenxuan said after looking at Luo Youli and Zheng.

When the old man heard his grandson's words, he felt a little relieved, and said with a smile: "It's okay, let's go play with them in the afternoon."

"Wenxuan, take care of your younger brothers and sisters at home." Seeing the old man like this, Zheng whispered to Luo Wenxuan.

"Yes." Luo Wenxuan nodded and ran back to the West Courtyard.

Liu watched from the side, and kept hesitating to tell the old man whether he would not go to the field, but when he thought that Qin's old woman Yu said that he was not allowed to eat on the ground, he dispelled his thoughts and honestly went to work in the field with the large army.

At this time, Luo Ran was going to the forest with Luo Wensheng, when he suddenly heard the sound of pushing the door, and saw that it was his brother Luo Wenxuan.

"Ran'er, Wensheng, what are you two doing? Master said I don't have to go to the field today. ”

"Brother, take us to the forest today to dig up birds' eggs." The children in the village usually run all over the forest, especially wild and naughty, and it is not a problem to climb trees and go down to the river. And ten-year-old Luo Wenxuan is even more of a master, especially climbing trees. Because the family is relatively strict, Luo Wenxuan himself is more obedient and will not secretly go down to the river alone. Luo Wensheng thought that if his brother went, he would definitely be able to dig out a lot of bird eggs.

"Okay, brother will go today." After all, it is a ten-year-old child, and it is the age when he loves to play, in fact, Luo Wenxuan is also very happy in his heart.

After a while, the three of them cleaned up. Luo Wenxuan carried a basket on his back, and Luo Ran and Luo Wensheng carried a basket each. The trio were dressed as Lili Suo, with a headscarf on their heads.

Walking to the main courtyard, Luo Ran shouted in his voice, "Grandma, my brother and I went to dig wild vegetables, pull pigweed, let the pigs grow fat, and sell them for grandma to make clothes." Luo Ran admired his shamelessness more and more, no, this is called the ability to adapt to changes. Luo Wenxuan looked at his clever sister and snickered.

"Who counts on you." In the main room, the Qin family hadn't answered yet, but Luo Qiao's voice came.

The three of them didn't say anything, you look at me, I look at you, and then they set off for the woods.