The sun rises in the east and rains in the west

As soon as the rain falls, it has no intention of stopping.

Of course, there is no way to get peanut grass, and the tuition still needs to be solved. Shen Hua didn't have the ability to earn more than 700 yuan in an instant, so he could only ask for it little by little. He had just come back from Uncle Qingfeng's house, fortunately he went early, and Uncle Qingfeng's field would be taken over by the Big Eyes family one day later.

On a rainy night, Shen Hua went to a total of four homes, and finally succeeded in taking the fields of three families, a total of twelve acres and eight buckets, these fields seemed to fly up and became the sky hanging over the heads of Shen Hua's family. They bent down to catch their breath. Luckily, they can still catch their breath. To be able to breathe means to be able to live. If you can live, there is hope.

All the usable containers in the house have been taken out, and the large enamel bowls used to eat in the past are all filled with rainwater seeping from the roof.

"Peng Peng went upstairs to see if the water in the basin on the barn was full, so don't let the water seep in." Shen Xiaopeng climbed up from the stairs and saw that the water in the basin was almost full, so he quickly changed the basin and poured the water down.

When Shen Hua got home, he didn't have time to take out the five hundred yuan he had just gotten in his pocket, the drainage ditch couldn't win, and all the water outside the house flowed back into the house. Shen Hua had to put on a coat and take a hoe to clean the drainage ditch outside the house.

Fortunately, there is no rain in the back room except for the barn, which is a little leaky, otherwise there would be no place to sleep tonight. The outhouses are already covered with a network of rivers, and the containers filled with rainwater are like lakes scattered in the network. In particular, the water flowing back from the drainage ditch outside the house was like a mighty river in the center of the house, and even Shen Hua and his daughter-in-law were no longer trying to stop the flow of this big river, allowing it to rush into the hearth.

The rain gradually subsided, and the people in the house were still pouring out bowls of water, and dinner could not be made in the stove, which had only been used for two days, was already filled with water.

Shen Hua's daughter-in-law took out the brazier used for roasting in winter, set up a long-legged triangular circle, put the pot for cooking vegetables on it, and the family ate noodles around the brazier.

"Dad will go to school with you tomorrow, the money is still a little short, and your sister should be able to pay all the money when she sends the money back!" Shen Hua ate noodles very loudly, I don't know if it was because he was happy that the tuition problem was finally solved, or because he was depressed by the sudden increase of more than 20 acres of land.

"I don't know what Honghong's situation is now, and I don't know where it is in the city!" The more Shen Hua's daughter-in-law spoke, the quieter her voice became, and the more she said that she was sad, the heavier she became. Shen Hua frowned displeasedly.

"Eat! Go to bed early after eating! Putting down the dishes and chopsticks, Shen Hua left.

Chenchen didn't know what was going on, he just rolled the noodles into a ball with chopsticks as he normally did, and then plugged in and said happily: "Mom, brother, look, chicken legs!" Then he happily ate his noodles. Shen Xiaopeng finished his noodles early, washed his feet in the ditch outside the house in sandals, and went to bed. He knew he wouldn't have to worry about the teacher driving him home tomorrow. The feeling of going to class with peace of mind is what Shen Xiaopeng likes. Chenchen didn't sleep until late, and was woken up by a noise in the middle of the night, although Chenchen was young, he knew that his parents were quarreling again. He was very scared and annoyed, so he covered his ears with a quilt, and found that his brother Shen Xiaopeng had already blocked his ears.

At three o'clock in the evening, Shen Hong had just finished cleaning up the restaurant. There were a lot of people eating today, and the greedy boss kept the door open, and decided to close it until three o'clock when there were really fewer people. Shen Hong was already tired, and fell asleep leaning on the edge of the bed after packing up her things, after all, she was only fourteen years old, and she was still four years away from adulthood. The state always cares about the people, especially for the young people, and takes care of them more and more meticulously. But at this time, if she is protected, then the family is basically over. The boss is very greedy, but fortunately there is still humanity, the boss watched the little girl fall asleep on the edge of the bed, so he could only wake up the little girl and tell her to give her a day off tomorrow. Shen Hong couldn't hear what her boss was saying clearly, she just wanted to sleep now.

"The children of the poor are in charge of the house! Only then do you know that oil and salt are expensive! The boss looked at his daughter's room in the back room, sighed inexplicably, shook his head and went to sleep in the room.

No matter how dark the night is, no matter how difficult it is, the sky will always be bright, and the dream will wake up when the day is dawn, and the reality must be recognized when the dream wakes up.

When Shen Hong opened his eyes, it was already noon, and the second his mind recovered, what Shen Hong felt was not the comfort after waking up, but the chill of fear of blame.

Hurried to the store, I found that the store owner was greeting business alone. Shen Hong tiptoed up to the boss, waiting for the boss's stormy reprimand. She hopes that the boss will train her to be cruel to the season, and it is best to can't help but beat her a few times, so that the anger in the boss's heart can be vented and her job can be guaranteed. Shen Hong didn't think about whether she could bear the boss's criticism, she only knew that the current home that was shaking in the wind and rain needed that she now had a job, and her two younger brothers who were going to school also needed to earn money for them to go to school.

Although the shoulders are very weak, the heavy reality needs to be carried by yourself!

Shen Hong didn't wait for the boss's reprimand, but the boss looked at it suspiciously

"Didn't you take a day off last night? Why don't you go home, what are you doing here? ”

"You...... Said you gave me a holiday last night? Shen Hong seemed to have a little impression, but that impression was too thin to hold her suspicions. She really didn't dare to lose this job. Shen Hong looked at the boss and made sure that his face blackened by oil smoke was not for fun, and she didn't know where she got the courage to make a request to the black-hearted boss. "Boss, can you settle my salary for the last month?" After saying this, Shen Hong immediately regretted it, and it would be difficult to take back the water that was spilled out of the words!

The boss looked at Shen Hong, and Shen Hong felt that this face was a little darker than before

"You came on the 10th of last month, right?"

Shen Hong timidly replied yes.

"We said before that it would end in January, but this month has not yet reached the 10th, and you are in a hurry to use the money?"

"It's not me, it's my two younger brothers who are in a hurry to pay their tuition! My parents can't make a lot of money at home for a year, and the last time I saw a person from the village, he told me that my brother had been kicked back from school by the teacher several times......"

Shen Hong said in a hurry, but the boss just frowned, didn't say anything, and listened to Shen Hong's statement in silence. The boss is greedy, he likes to make money, and likes to count the day's business income behind the counter after closing every day. Even if it was a penny of steel, he would not miss one. The money that passed through his hands was warm in his hands. However, greed does not mean black heart, it does not mean that you don't know how to compare your heart with your heart.

The boss's daughter-in-law died two years ago, which made him very sad. What made him even more sad was that there were no siblings to help him when the funeral was organized. It's not that he doesn't have siblings, it's that one of his older brothers and two younger sisters died of smallpox and polio when they were young. It was a fluke that the boss survived. Later, he heard his parents keep saying, "I was poor at that time! No money! Otherwise, your sister will be able to come back with a whole (healing)!" The boss remembered this sentence and worked hard to make money.

Shen Hong no longer had the courage to look at the boss's face, but the boss still looked at Shen Hong.

"Where is your home?"

Shen ...... Home Bay! ”

"Shen Jiawan! The one in Chen Chenjiaping? ”

"Yes...... Yes! ”

"Come in with me, and I'll settle the money for you."

Shen Hong didn't have time to react, Mu Mu entered the house and settled the money with the boss. After the boss settled the money, he gave Shen Hong an extra day off.

"Go back and stay for a day, wait for you to come back, I won't let you go home before the New Year!" A boss is a boss, he will not give up the opportunity to make money, and even if he has a good heart, he will not give up his greed. Making money is still his most important thing.

However, for Shen Hong, the boss's greed is no longer important, she is very grateful to the boss for giving her what she needs most now. For five hundred yuan, the boss gave Shen Hong an extra hundred yuan. Shen Hong didn't know if she could pay her younger brothers' tuition, which was already the maximum she could do. If it's not enough, you can only rely on your parents! More than 12 acres of land had already been harvested, and Shen Hua's face became more and more solemn. The weather has been very good these days, and Shen Hua and his daughter-in-law have hurried to harvest rice in the night. If you don't speed up when the weather is good, it will be even more difficult to cut when it rains.

After working early and late for nearly a month, I finally finished cutting all the grains of the three families, and basically all the grains of my own family had fallen into the ditches, and some even fell into the fields and sprouted. This year's grain is really good, but not many can receive it from the barn.

Chenchen didn't know how this year's harvest was, and even Shen Xiaopeng didn't know either, because for nearly a month before, a family of four was basically cutting grain in the field every morning. Chenchen is like a mouse every day, as long as he goes down to the field, he will bury his head and cut it in with a sickle, leaving a small rice road behind him! They all felt that after mowing the fields for so long, they should have harvested a lot of rice this year. On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Shen Hua's daughter-in-law weighed two catties of meat, and she pulled out half of the radish that had only grown in the ground. When it is cooked at noon, a large pot of meat is basically full of radish. But everyone ate very happily, the last time they ate meat was when Shen Hong went home, and more than half a month has passed.

Meat is eaten not to celebrate the completion of the rice harvest, but to do the physical work early tomorrow morning.

Shenjiawan in autumn is the most beautiful of the year, in front of the mountain and behind the mountain, ten miles of osmanthus,. Ten miles of osmanthus is not only the fragrance of osmanthus floating for ten miles, but also the osmanthus within a radius of Shenjiawan. These ten miles of osmanthus are the last economic source of Shenjiawan people. For outsiders who say that the osmanthus flowers in Shenjiawan are beautiful and gorgeous, for the people of Shenjiawan, every osmanthus is a blooming wealth!

Xiaolou listened to the spring rain overnight, and sold apricot blossoms in the Ming Dynasty in the deep alleys.

It's not spring at this time, and of course you can't hear the spring rain. There is always a voice, it is the Shenjiawan people walking in the mountain road with the moonlight in the middle of the night. The night is bright, the people of Shenjiawan are all the whole family, young and old, women and aunts are eating lotus, children are carrying pot pulp, and they go with Gui, Ding Zhuang is in Nangang. The best osmanthus flowers in Shenjiawan are blooming under the cliff. If you want to lay these osmanthus flowers, you must have the ability to climb mountains and mountains. However, this is really not difficult for the people of Shenjiawan who have lived for thousands of years.

The cliff is on the old mountain, it is the top of the old mountain, the cliff is nearly 100 meters high, and it stands vertically at the south end of Shenjiawan. It is said that if you climb over this mountain, you will go down to the city. However, even the people who live on the top of the mountain have no way to confirm whether this statement is true or false. The people of Shenjiawan have never considered the truth of this sentence, and for them, the place chosen by their ancestors is very suitable for survival. Even if they climbed the cliff at the moment, it was just to get some osmanthus flowers.

"Oh ......" This is the first person to start fighting, and the long trumpet is very long. Experienced people know that this trumpet is only a prelude. "It's raining well! Got it! Hahaha! Haha......"

Hearing his words, Shen Jiawan knew that the flowers under the cliff were blooming well this year, so they all smiled. Every family takes advantage of the sun before it comes out to build a net and lay an oilcloth, and a large net covers the osmanthus trees tightly, and the ones who climb the trees are basically the pillars of the family. Playing osmanthus is a physical job, colleagues are also a skilled job, young people have strength but too frizzy, not suitable for being a pole hand. If you want to do this job well, you can't learn it seven or eight times.

The bottom of the cliff gradually became lively, and the sounds coming from the various cols were intertwined very beautifully.

Chenchen and Shen Xiaopeng had a hard time pulling the long and thick osmanthus canopy, and Shen Hua's daughter-in-law kept reminding the brothers not to let the canopy drag on the ground to prevent the wooden stakes in the mountains from breaking the canopy. Therefore, Chenchen could only drill into the canopy and carry the lever on his shoulder. This made Chenchen very unhappy. Chenchen's favorite thing is to see his father knock down a pole on the tree, and the osmanthus flowers pour down like a downpour. Seeing that Shen Xiaopeng could stand, Chenchen suddenly longed to grow taller.

A large osmanthus tree fell, and the family was basically exhausted, and with the dewy morning light, the family sat on the ground and ate breakfast.

Shen Hua's daughter-in-law exchanged a few catties of apples and pears for the new grain that had just dried this year a few days ago, and the daughter-in-law in the village knew that they needed to prepare for the osmanthus around the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The cries and beatings from the bottom of the cliff continued until just before noon. The gradually warming sunlight makes it difficult to preserve the osmanthus flowers, and if you want to have a good color of the osmanthus flowers, you can only work in the same way as in midsummer, get up early and be greedy, and seize the time for the sun to rest. However, no matter how lazy the sun is, it will still come out eventually. Fortunately, the old osmanthus under the cliff was basically cleaned. If you don't finish the fight, you won't play again, the osmanthus at noon is shriveled, there is no water to hold down the scales, and it's just a waste to play. Therefore, everyone will choose to fight under the mountain and wait until the next morning.

In front of the mountain and behind the mountain, ten miles of osmanthus, the square in the middle of the village has been swept very clean. Several flower vendors were sitting upright at one end, looking at the villagers who came one after another at both ends of the square. In front of them, the osmanthus flowers that had just been laid down today were poured, and the rich aroma rushed people out of breath.

Shen Hua's family was seizing the time to sift the flowers, the big flower sieve was turning up and down, the osmanthus flowers screened out in the sieve eyes were like rain and more like snow, and a golden mountain was soon piled up in the middle of the house.

Chenchen stared at the falling osmanthus flowers, smiled stupidly, and then grabbed the praying mantis in the flower mountain and played with great interest in his hands. Shen Hua and his daughter-in-law didn't have time to care about Chenchen, so they had to sell them as soon as they were not hot. Shen Hua put down the sieve and was about to put the sieved flowers into the basket, but his daughter-in-law stopped him, and then Shen Hua's daughter-in-law took out a water scoop and sprinkled water evenly on the flowers.

"What are you doing standing, help turn the flowers!"

Shen Hua looked at his daughter-in-law. "What if I get checked?"

"So many houses are sprinkled with water, as long as your house doesn't spill any water every year, I don't believe it, this year's flowers are so good, Han Slender They won't accept it." After saying that, she scooped up another large scoop of water, sprinkled half of it, stopped and thought about it, and poured the remaining half. "Don't be sloppy, hurry up and sell the flowers!"

Shen Xiaopeng pulled the basket to the edge of the linoleum, and Shen Hua and his daughter-in-law rolled up the linoleum and carefully poured flowers into it.

The flowers in the square are almost piled up in hundreds of square meters, and the height is more than two feet high, and the villagers who sell flowers can only line up on the main road. Han Slender sat behind the long table and lit a cigarette, squinting at the crowd on the road and smiling happily. Xian Meng was beside him, holding a pen to record the weight of each osmanthus flower. Big-eyed, Libao two people are responsible for weighing with a flat pole.

Shen Hua carried two baskets of osmanthus flowers to Uncle Qingfeng's house, and the peasant family was honest, and they would weigh their things when they sold them. After weighing and looking at the crosshairs, Shen Hua smiled with satisfaction. This year's spending price is good. Counting the two loads that have not been picked up at home and the dozen or so flowers that have not been beaten in the ground, Shen Hua is very satisfied with the money made from selling osmanthus this year.

"Next!" Xianmeng's account book is densely recorded with the money from each family selling osmanthus this year, and everyone gathers around Xianmeng while watching and discussing. "Xianlong, your family is selling well this year, have you beaten a few flowers over there in Mu Ziao? Yesterday I passed by over there, and those few flowers bloomed quite well, and it is estimated that they can hit hundreds of pounds! "Uncle Qingyi is very old, but he is in good spirits, and he can live for at least another twenty years with his mental strength.

"Mu Ziao is still fighting, and Lie Ma Long's is still not fighting. I guess I can play so much tomorrow. Xianlong had a deep smile on his face, needless to say, this year's income made everyone very satisfied.

Shen Hua went back and forth several times, picked up all the three loads of osmanthus at home, and finally photographed him after waiting in line for a long time. Before he could interject, Han Thinzi's movements made him nervous.

Han Shouzi looked at the flowers of Shen Hua's family, and the color made him quite satisfied, there were no black flowers, so he rolled up his sleeves and inserted his hand into the osmanthus as before. After inserting it, Han Slender frowned. It's very damp inside, and it must be mixed with water. Xian Meng saw Han Shouzi frowning, so he hurriedly said, "Don't get in the way, don't get in the way!" As long as the flowers are not black! ”

Shen Hua's thick lips squirmed, but he didn't know what sound to make, he just echoed Xian Menglian and said that it was not in the way, not in the way, not in the way.

Han Slender glanced at Shen Hua, and then saw Shen Xiaopeng and Chen Chen behind Shen Hua. So he didn't speak, slowly sat down on the stool, and continued to look at the people on the road.

Xian Meng weighed Shen Hua a good flower, and the weight quoted was ten catties less than the weight that Shen Hua had weighed himself. This made it difficult for Shen Hua to accept. So Xian Meng argued for a long time, but Xian Meng had to make up five catties for Shen Hua. Shen Hua also knew that it was enough, so he could only go home and remind his daughter-in-law that she must not sprinkle water again tomorrow.