Beidabaozi is a large piece of wasteland with at least thirty or forty acres in the north of the village, and this wasteland has become a piece of unclaimed land with unknown ownership because it is located at the corner of the farmland of the two production teams. And because of its poor soil quality, it can't grow any dealers. There is a big bubble in the middle of the wasteland, and there is a pile of stones left in the easternmost part that I don't know when I haven't cleaned up, and no one cares about it. But this is a paradise for the children of the whole village, digging wild vegetables in the spring, playing in the water in the summer, picking mushrooms in the autumn to find sour leaves, skating in the winter, and until the university on Sunday night, there are still children's laughter here all year round.

Beida Bubble is two or three hundred meters long and at least more than 100 meters wide, because it is a pond caused by low terrain, so don't look at its water surface is quite wide, in fact, the deepest place is less than one meter, so the people in the village are relieved that children come here to play.

The children playing here today are mainly divided into three groups, one group is mainly a little girl, digging wild vegetables in the wasteland; A group of younger people, boys and girls mixed together to dig the roots of the hair by the bubble; There is also a group of older boys, who are holding broken pots and fences in the bubble to repair the dam and catch fish.

As soon as the three brothers and sisters appeared by the bubble, a few black boys about the same age as Zhou Chen ran over from the water, "Sile, why did you come, our dam is going to be repaired, just wait for you to come." ”

"See the fish?" Zhou Chen is most concerned about this problem, he caught a fish to make fish soup for his sister.

"I didn't see any fish, I just saw a toad at the root of the reed." A muddy and barefoot child hurriedly said.

Zhou Wanwan wanted to laugh when she saw him like that, she looked like a little dog, she must have something to ask her second brother. Sure enough, without saying a word, the black boy couldn't help it, "Sile, can you also sharpen a slingshot handle for me?" I found the hairy root and gave it to you. ”

"Take a look, I gave Da Zhuang the knife that hasn't been sharpened yet, and it's not handy." Zhou Chen didn't agree, nor did he refuse, he was so anxious that the kid scratched his ears and cheeks, and shouted at a group of boys, "Who has a knife?" I'll change my things and give me a few days. ”

The boys all shook their heads, these days, who can have a knife for the child to play with, several families don't have kitchen knives, the boy wants a knife, it's a dream.

The conversation attracted all the children around him, and one of them, a young boy with a missing front tooth, timidly suggested to several people, "You can twist the slingshot handle with wire, it's better than wood." ”

"Who doesn't know what's going on?" An older boy rolled his eyes at the kid, "Do you have wire?" Quan Tunzi can't find a single wire, right? What's the use of this? ”

Zhou Chen took off his shoes, pulled up his trousers, and was about to go into the water, after thinking about it, he hugged his sister who only showed a pair of big eyes from Zhou Yang's arms.

As soon as I saw Zhou Wanwan, the children around me were a little stunned, "I said that my junior has not stopped making trouble for so many days!" This is your sister! It's so pretty! "A boy of about twelve or thirteen years old, who is also thin but looks quite strong, came first, listening to his words, it should be Zhao Xiaosan'er and his brother, looking at this figure, it is estimated that he is called Zhao Dazhuang.

"It's better than the doll on the New Year's painting."

"Why is her hair curly?"

"She's so white, how many times a day do you have to wash her face?"

"Can she speak?"

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Zhou Chen was very proud and embarrassed to show off, and then slapped away a few hands that wanted to touch Zhou Wanwan, and then announced very lamely: "My sister, only look at it, don't touch it, who dares to touch it, see if my brother and I don't beat him!" ”

A group of little children were shocked and looked at the Zhou brothers and sisters.

Zhou Chen glanced around again, and saw that the girl digging wild vegetables was also listening, and repeated: "Whoever dares to touch my sister, I will beat him all over the ground to find teeth!" ”

Zhou Yang didn't speak, standing behind his younger brothers and sisters like a mountain. In this group of children, he is considered to be the oldest, of course he can't intimidate people like Zhou Chen, but all the children know that Zhou Chen dares to be so lame in front of several children who are older and stronger than him, all because of Zhou Yang standing behind him. Don't look at him and haven't spoken, but who dares to embarrass Zhou Chen, then wait for the fists of the brothers.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little tense, Zhou Wanwan hurriedly bent her big eyes and showed eight little white teeth and laughed - no more, she only has these eight teeth up and down now - and kept saying with her eyes: Although I can't touch it, I'm very friendly, don't be afraid, children.

I don't know if Zhou Wanwan's smiling diplomacy worked, a six or seven-year-old boy stretched out his little black hand at her, "Give you Mao Maogen." After speaking, he was a little scared, raised his head and asked Zhou Chen, "Can you give her something to eat?" ”

"You can't give her food indiscriminately, you have to get my consent first." Zhou Chen's attitude was not bad, and he came to Huairou again after the intimidation.

"Thank you, brother, I won't eat." Zhou Wanwan showed eight little white teeth to the little boy.

The little boy's face turned red, he didn't say anything for a long time, stuffed the hairy roots in his hand to Zhou Wanwan and turned around and ran away.

Zhou Chen looked at the children around him, and then looked at the elm money that the eldest brother didn't give out, and announced to everyone: "Mao Mao Gen'er for Yu money, three Mao Mao Gen'er for elm money!" Then open the cloth pocket for everyone to see, the tender green and moist elm money exuding a hint of sweetness instantly attracted all the attention of the children.

In Sanjiatun, including the entire Erdaokan Brigade, except for the old elm tree next to the small temple in Nanshan, there is no longer a living elm tree that can grow elm money. But no one could climb the old elm tree, so they could only watch it. Now you can exchange Mao Maogen for elm money, that's really a good deal, Mao Maogen can always find a few with a little effort, and elm money is something that these children can't get.

"Yu Decai, you're back!" Zhou Chen stopped the little boy who had just given Zhou Wanwan Mao Maogen'er, "Come and get the elm money." He said to Zhou Wanwan again: "Grab a handful for him." ”

Zhou Wanwan gave the second brother a thumbs up in her heart, she was really good at business, and with her little hand, no matter how hard she grabbed it, she couldn't grasp many things.

"Brother, here you go." Zhou Wanwan grabbed a handful of elm money and handed it to Yu Decai.

Yu Decai took it with a red face, stuffed it into his mouth, and ran to find Mao Maogen again.

When the children around looked at it, those with hairy roots in their hands hurriedly came over to change, and those who didn't have it went to find it with enthusiasm. After grabbing more than a dozen elm coins, Zhou Wanwan and his brothers were clean. She really admired Zhou Chen so much, how could this kid be so business-minded, this trick not only saved the effort to find Mao Maogener, but also saved them from harassment, but also solved the problem of someone coming to ask for elm money for a while, just such a little elm money, who to give or not to may offend people, now it's all solved, it's really a few birds in one fell swoop.

Zhou Chen went to repair the dam under Zhou Wanwan's admiring gaze, and at Zhou Wanwan's strong request, she was finally allowed to walk a few steps on the ground. However, Zhou Yang's old hen was guarding her, so she didn't have a chance to do anything if she wanted to.

Zhou Wanwan walked a few steps, squatted down and pulled the grass on the ground, and looked at the second brother who was building a dam in the bubble, and his little head kept thinking.

The second brother wants to catch fish, but this bubble has been dry for three years, and there is water after the snow melts this spring, so there can be no fish at all. However, as a good sister, if my brother wants to catch fish, then I have to let my brother catch fish!

The second brother also likes to make slingshots, what materials do you need to make slingshots? The second brother also wants a knife, what toys do little boys usually play with in this era? By the way, the second brother seems to want a slingshot handle with wire twisting!

Zhou Wanwan walked for a while, but Zhou Yang refused to let her go by herself, carried her to a small mound in Xiangyang and sat down, and coaxed her to eat Maomaogen.

A few little girls digging wild vegetables came over to tease Zhou Wanwan to talk, and she generously gave each of them a handful of elm money. All the little girls who dug wild vegetables came over, and then half a pocket of elm money was sent out by Zhou Wanwan.

Zhou Yang looked at it with a smile on the side, and didn't speak, thinking that his sister was really smart, and he bought all the girls with a handful of elm money, and he was very proud.

Of course, Zhou Wanwan was not interested in coaxing the little girl to play, and seeing that the second brother's dam was almost repaired, she asked Zhou Yang to take her to see it.

Zhou Yang felt that he had been busy and had not been well with his sister, he was very guilty, and now he had the opportunity to play with her, of course, his sister pointed to where he was fighting, so he quickly took off his shoes and carried her into the water. The brother and sister didn't go inside, they just stood not far from the shore, and the water had just reached Zhou Yang's calf.

When I got into the water, I had to touch the water again every night. Zhou Yang knew that her sister had always had this habit, when she was very young, she asked her brothers to drink water, and she had to touch her before drinking, and now of course she has to follow her. So Zhou Wanwan smoothly put his little hand into the water.

Zhou Wanwan kissed her eldest brother with a smile while touching the water, and when her eldest brother was distracted and giggling, she successfully put the big and small fish in the space into the water. By the way, they also put a little spiritual spring water into it, so that this big bubble will become a place for them to fix the tooth sacrifice in the future, of course, the fish must be raised.

Soon, Zhou Chen and their side opened the gate to release the net fish. Not long after they were older, the boys' exclamations were heard, "What a big fish!" There really are fish! ”

The corners of Zhou Wanwan's mouth were curved, in fact, she didn't dare to enlarge the fish into it, the biggest one was palm long, and the types were also very mixed, basically all the fish they could have in this place were released. There are also a lot of small fish fry, I hope these children don't rush to kill the dry water and catch it.

Soon, Zhao Dazhuang and a little boy who was about the same as him carried a broken clay basin ashore, and there were more than a dozen palm-sized fish in the clay basin, jumping around, splashing in the water, and their clothes were wet.

The weather in late April in the Northeast is still a little cold, although spring is getting stronger. Zhou Wanwan's brother and sister are still wearing sweaters and pants, but these two children are wearing single clothes, although they are long-sleeved trousers, the material is also thick, and it is estimated that they are covered coats outside cotton clothes in winter. But no matter how forbidden it is, in such a season, it is cold to wear clothes that are mostly wet. But the two boys didn't care at all, and with great enthusiasm, they put down the clay basin and went to the water to catch fish again.