When Anxin woke up, there was no one around. Rubbing his eyes, he crawled out of the bed. Only then did I find that An Ran and An Ning's quilts had been folded, rolled into two quilt rolls, and leaned against the kang.

Anxin learned to calm their appearance, rolled up the quilt, and placed it side by side with them before getting off the kang.

They went out of the house under the kang, and there was no peace in the outhouse. I wondered in my heart, where did this go?

The three sisters of the An family usually don't go out to play with the children in the village. Children inevitably have fights together, and winning and defeating them will not benefit their sisters. Defeated the broomstick star who was chased and scolded by a group of children. If you win, the beaten person will lead her mother to the house, and she will say some ugly things, and no one cares about what life is! There are a lot of wild children who don't have a mother・・・・・・ and there are a lot of them, An's father still has to say good things to people and lose their smiles, and over time, the three sisters of the An family don't go out to play, and play by themselves at home.

When I went out of the house, I didn't find anyone in the yard. Where did this go? Anxin was a little anxious, and when he was about to walk to the gate of the courtyard, he heard someone talking in the alley.

"・・・・・・ my sister fell and was dizzy all the time. We just want to buy some eggs ・・・・・・." It's tranquility that speaks. It's a little far away, and you can still hear it when you speak loudly, but you can't hear it clearly when it's low.

An Xin walked two steps to the gate of the courtyard, and saw An Ning, An Ran, and a little girl in a small red jacket standing in the alley talking.

An Ning was talking to the little girl, raised her eyes and saw her sister coming out, and quickly shouted: "Sister, you are awake!"

An Ran followed An Ning's side, heard An Ning's cry, and found that An Ning had come. Turning his head, he ran towards Anxin, and while running, he shouted: "Eldest sister・・・・・・"

Anxin stood in place, half-squatting, and caught An Ran who rushed over.

An Ran's hair is thin and yellow, and it was cut very short yesterday by Anxin, just up to his ears. I didn't pay attention to sleeping last night, and I was so pressed that every lock was raised high, and from a distance, it really looked like a bird's nest.

An An couldn't help but smile, raised his hand and rubbed An Ran's hair, and asked, "Have you eaten?" There's rice in the pot, you know? ”

An Ran tilted his head, and his two big eyes smiled crookedly: "I ate it, I ate two of them." As he spoke, he stretched out his index and middle fingers and gestured in mid-air.

An Ning and the little girl in the red jacket also walked over. Hearing Anxin's words, he also replied, "Sister, I ate too." ”

The little girl next to An Ning looked at Anxin's short hair, and her eyes widened in surprise: "Anxin, you cut your hair?" Didn't you say you wouldn't cut your hair? ”

Tian Hongfang was very puzzled, when her uncle's little cousin Zhang Bei came, her short ear-length hair attracted the attention of a group of village children. At the beginning, Tian Hongfang also discussed with Anxin about whether to cut her hair or not, and Anxin insisted that she would never cut her hair, but it didn't take long for her to secretly cut it yourself, aren't you betraying your friends? Tian Hongfang felt like she had been deceived.

Anxin also recognized who this little girl was. She is her best friend Tian Hongfang.

Tian Hongfang is a head taller than An Ning, with a round face, big eyes, a high nose bridge, a slight smile, two deep dimples appeared on her face, and her skin was a little dark. It looks very cute. She was wearing a new blouse with small white flowers on a red background, and she could be regarded as a little beauty.

Hearing Tian Hongfang's question, Anxin thought of the memory of cutting his hair, and hurriedly explained: "I have lice in my hair, and my hair is too long to clean, so I cut it short." ”

Tian Hongfang's house is behind the house of Anxin's family. It can also be said that they grew up together, Tian Hongfang's mother never disliked the Anxin sisters, but was very sympathetic to them. Never stopped my daughter from playing with them. So the relationship between An Xin and Tian Hongfang is not bad. Anxin didn't want this good friend to misunderstand anything, so he hurriedly clarified what happened.

Tian Hongfang nodded when she heard her friend's explanation, and the feeling of being deceived disappeared in her heart. Suddenly, I thought of An Ning's words just now: "Do you want eggs at home?" ”

"I fell and was bleeding a lot, and I was dizzy. That time, I heard Zhang Bei say that eggs are nutritious, so I wanted to eat some eggs to make up for it. In addition, our aunt and grandmother, who live in the city, also brought a letter, saying that a relative was in confinement and wanted to buy some eggs in our village, so let's inquire about it and see if anyone sells it. As he spoke, Anxin pulled An Ning with one hand, and his eyes couldn't stop giving An Ning a look, signaling her not to speak.

Hearing her sister say that her aunt wanted to buy eggs, An Ning just wanted to open her mouth to ask when it happened, but she saw her sister in her desperate eyes, and when she reached her mouth, she swallowed the words and stood in place as a dumb person.

An Ran held his sister's hand with one hand, and fiddled with his sister's fingers with the other, having a lot of fun. The faction is deaf to the things around you, and it doesn't matter if you buy eggs or sell eggs!

Looking at the cooperation of the two younger sisters, let An An secretly his thumbs. sighed vigorously in my heart, this is really a sister, and no one can compare to the tacit understanding dissolved in the blood.

Tian Hongfang heard the news that someone was going to collect eggs in the village, her eyebrows fluttered, and she was very happy. She remembered that her mother said that when the eggs she saved this time were sold, she would buy her a pair of red velveteen square-mouth lace-up cloth shoes. Last fall, Zhang Bei wore such a pair of shoes to their house. At that time, Tian Hongfang was envious, she didn't wear a pair of shoes she bought when she was so big, and she was still a pair of small cloth shoes with red plastic soles. If you wear it on your feet, it will definitely look better than Zhang Bei's girl. Zhang Bei's eyes are so small, her nose is still collapsed, and she is fat, if she doesn't have such white skin, what would Zhang Bei compare with herself? Thinking about it, he ran home, shouting as he ran: "Don't worry, you wait, I'll ask my mother to send you eggs!" ”

Anxin saw that Tian Hongfang hadn't finished listening, so she ran away. Quickly let go of An Ning and An Ran's hands, and chased after him, shouting as he chased: "Wait, it's not finished yet!" ”

Tian Hongfang had already run to the mouth of her own alley in one breath, and heard An An calling her again. Quickly stopped, panting and waiting for Anxin to catch up: "What's the matter, it's all over the place." ”

Squinting his eyes, he looked at peace of mind impatiently. It looks like you're doing a lot.

Anxin's body bones were not as good as Tian Hongfang's, and after a sprint, he could barely breathe, and his heart was beating so fast that he almost jumped out of his chest: "You ・・・・・・ you wait・・・・・・ wait!" I ・・・・・・ I haven't finished talking about ・・・・・・ yet."

As he spoke, he smashed his fist on his aching chest. finally took a breath before saying, "I'll tell you, I won't get this egg money back until tomorrow." I'll bring it tonight and get it back tomorrow. My aunt and grandmother said that an egg is counted as 3 points and 5 points, and it is not a big deal・・・・・・"

Before Anxin finished speaking, Tian Hongfang had already dragged Anxin's arm and ran all the way to her home.

An Ning, who finally pulled An Ran to catch up with her, was confused to see that her sister was pulled away by Tian Hongfang, so she had to pull An Ran all the way up.

Anxin was dragged by Tian Hongfang all the way to Tian's house, and as soon as she entered the door, she was thrown at the door by Tian Hongfang, and she went to find her mother by herself.

It was easy for Anxin to stabilize his breath, and An Ning pulled An Ran to arrive. Before the three sisters entered the main house, Tian Hongfang ran out in a hurry, grabbed Anxin's arm, and trotted all the way to the house.

An Ning pulled An Ran and chased after him into the house.

The layout of the Tian family is the same as that of the An family, with three south houses and two small east houses. The one in the middle of the south room is also the stove room and kitchen, and the east and west rooms are the bedrooms. The small east house is also decorated with sundries or something. However, the Tian family's house is much older than the An family.

Tian Hongfang's family is also three brothers and sisters. is just the opposite of peace of mind, Tian Hongfang is young. Tian Hongfang has two elder brothers, the eldest is 18 years old, and I heard that she has already started to talk about her daughter-in-law. The second brother was 16 years old and began to work in the production team.

The grandparents of the Tian family also passed away, so Tian's father and mother took Tian Hongfang to live in the east house, and Tian Hongfang's eldest brother and second brother lived in the west house.

Tian Hongfang dragged Anxin into the east room, only to see several middle-aged women sitting on and under the kang, some of them were holding a pair of shoe soles, some were holding a piece of clothing, and some were still sitting in front of the spinning wheel shaking the spinning wheel, forming a circle, busy with work in their hands, while chatting and gossiping one by one, laughing from time to time, looking very lively.

Now that the Chinese New Year has just passed, the production team has not yet had much work, and the women who do farm work have not yet started to work. Usually, after cleaning up the housework, they are all in groups of 3 and 5 in groups, and they get together to do some needlework.

As soon as Anxin and Tian Hongfang came in, the laughter of the women in the room stopped, and the eyes of several people looked at Anxin and Tian Hong.

or pity, or surprise, or contempt, or indifferent eyes look at Anxin's body, so that Anxin has a momentary sense of discomfort. Anxin immediately put this discomfort behind him and stood there full of confidence.

An Hongfang was not afraid of these people's eyes, and shook her arm with peace of mind: "Peace of mind, you told my mother, is your aunt going to collect eggs in our village?" 3 points 5 a right? They don't believe it, you tell them. ”

A woman sat up straight from behind the spinning wheel and said to Anxin with a smile: "Anxin is here!" Hongfang hurriedly went to get some dried sweet potatoes for peace of mind. Hongfang is this anxious child, and before anyone could stand firmly, she asked this and that. ”

The woman who spoke had a round face, kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and Tian Hongfang looked similar to 8 points, but her skin was relatively white, and she was Tian Hongfang's adult version when she saw it. The wrinkles at the corners of her eyes can't hide her charm, which shows that she was also an outstanding beauty when she was young. She is Tian Hongfang's mother Zhang Chun'e. The compassionate gaze that Anxin felt was the direction from Tian Mu.

Before Zhang Chun'e's words fell, An Ning pulled An Ran into the outhouse.

When Zhang Chun'e saw that there were two more children, she hurriedly instructed Tian Hongfang: "Hongfang! Take more and grab a handful of Enron and Anning. ”

Jiangcheng Village is located in the plain area, there is not a mountain for dozens of miles around, and even the river has only a small river, which has just passed the calf. The children in the village don't have any snacks to eat all year round. That is, after autumn, the production team divided the sweet potatoes home, and the adults in the family picked up very small ones that could not be stored at all, cooked them, and put them on the roof to dry, which is the best snack of the year for the children. Tian Hongfang's family has a lot of labor, and they also share a lot of sweet potatoes. Except for adults and big boys in the family, they don't eat snacks much, and only Tian Hongfang eats alone. Therefore, the Tian family's dried sweet potatoes were put on the New Year. When the children came, Tian's mother took out a little to entertain the children, and the children liked it very much. Because of Tian's mother's generosity, Tian's mother is particularly popular among children, and children also like to come to Tian Hongfang to play.

Tian Hongfang originally wanted to listen to Anxin's talk about collecting eggs in the house, but she didn't want to leave at all. Under the repeated urging of Tian's mother, he had to go out reluctantly.

Zhang Chun'e saw Tian Hongfang go out, so she said helplessly and dotingly: "This kid is really disobedient, and it's far from Anxin." ”

The women who worked in the Tian family all laughed, and Zhao Menzhuan's daughter-in-law held a needle awl in one hand and the sole of a shoe in the other, and said without raising her head while holding the sole: "This is all for you to get used to, if you are not used to it, can it be like this?" ”

Zhao Menzhuan's daughter-in-law is about the same age as Tian's mother, she usually speaks and does things very unreliable, and her popularity is very bad among women of the same age, but she can't stand her thick skin, and she goes to stay in that house if she wants to stay, and never looks at others.

"It's just such a girl, not used to it, and you still beat her every day? It's not a stepmother" Tian Guoan's daughter-in-law on the side shook the spinning wheel, looked up, and glared at Zhao Menzhuan's daughter-in-law fiercely. Thinking that such a lack of fire and saying anything is really annoying.

Tian Guoan is Tian Guoqing's brother, and Tian Guoan's daughter-in-law is more than 10 years younger than Tian's mother. But because of what she said, Tian Guoan's daughter-in-law was very willing to come to Tian's house.

At this time, a woman making clothes next to Tian Guoan's daughter-in-law raised her head. looked at Anxin and then at Tian Guoan's daughter-in-law, pouted and said, "Only children with mothers have to be disciplined well!" The provincial ones are like those who have mothers and have no mothers, and make people laugh at us for not being educated. ”

Li Chunling and her cousin Li Chunxing both married in Jiangcheng Village, so they naturally want to help each other. For my cousin's neighbors, I also dislike it.

Tian Guoan's daughter-in-law was annoyed when she heard this, and put down the things in her hand: "Who do you say has a mother and no mother?" You have the ability to tell who it is. ”

Tian Guoan's daughter-in-law has no mother since she was a child, and she grew up with her aunt since she was a child. When I grew up, I married my aunt's cousin. This Li Chunling said that she had no mother, which was simply stabbing her heart.

Yes, this woman's name is Li Chunling, and she is also the cousin of Li Chunxing, a neighbor of Anxin's family. Li Chunling also married in Jiangcheng Village.

"Alright! Chunling, you don't have to say a word. ”

"Guoan's daughter-in-law, don't be careful, Chunling will definitely not talk about you again"

Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel, several women who were doing work together came out to persuade them.

Tian Guoan's daughter-in-law and Li Chunling glanced at each other in unison, both of them snorted heavily, and turned their heads to the side at the same time.

When the women who persuaded them to do so, they burst out laughing again.

Anxin understands in her heart that this Li Chunling is scolding herself! Immediately, I was very annoyed, how could I meet a mad dog wherever I went! This is really a good person being bullied, and a horse being ridden by others!

"An Ning, did you meet that mad dog when you came? The mad dog bites a man when he sees it, so stay away from it, but don't get bitten by any brute. An Xin gently squeezed An Ning's hand to express comfort, and also pointed at Sang and scolded Huai.

Who wouldn't swear someone? Don't think that just because we don't talk about it, we are easy to bully. Today, Anxin is not going to endure it. What's the matter with getting into trouble with you? At most, it means that the three of us sisters are not aggressive, and at the same time, they will laugh at you Li Chunling for bullying three motherless children. Anxin thought angrily.

Li Chunling heard Anxin's words of scolding Sang, and wanted to have a seizure, but when she thought about it, people didn't point at her and scold, did she want to go over and pick up the scolding? But he was unwilling to suffer a loss: "The dead child squirted feces all over his mouth・・・・・・"

Seeing that the matter was getting bigger and bigger, Zhang Chun'e hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed Li Chunling's hand and said, "Sister, for sister-in-law's sake, don't say anything, okay?" ”

After speaking, he looked at Tian Guoan's daughter-in-law again: "Brother and sister, bear with me, why do you take it seriously when you were talking about fun?" ”

Tian Guoan works for the Municipal Construction Company, and Li Chunling's husband, Zhou Fulai, also works for the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau. Usually, Tian Guoan's daughter-in-law and Li Chunling both feel that their husbands have jobs, and by the way, they feel that they are superior to others, which is quite amazing. Whoever looks at the two is not pleasing to the eye, and they quarrel strangely when they meet, but no one can do without each other, and the two of them are together wherever they go. The two of them quarreled just now, and Zhang Chun'e was used to seeing it, so she planned to make a noise and let them quarrel. But I didn't expect that Anxin would also jump out and scold. As soon as she saw that things were going to change, Zhang Chun'e hurriedly came out to suppress the matter.

At this time, Tian Hongfang, who went to Xiaodongwu to get dried sweet potatoes, came back.

Tian Hongfang filled two bags full of dried sweet potatoes, and when she entered the house, she divided them for the Anxin sisters. The children's childish words gradually eased the tense atmosphere in the room.

Zhang Chun'e thought about quickly asking Anxin what was going on with collecting eggs, and then sending Anxin sisters home would be fine. Hurriedly asked, "Peace of mind, what's the matter with collecting eggs?" ”

Anxin didn't want to stay here any longer, and felt that with the mad dog, the air became awkward. If it weren't for the fact that he was trying to earn some money to improve his life, he wouldn't be able to stay here for a minute, and then replied: "My aunt and grandmother have a relative who is going to be confined. Thinking about buying some eggs that don't require tickets. 500 pcs. My aunt and grandmother said that the village is 3 points for one, and we are 3 points for 5 points, so we don't take advantage of the villagers. Collect 500, tonight, I will come over to get it, and I will send the money back tomorrow. ”

The old ladies in the house began to settle accounts. A difference of 5 cents is a difference of 5 points for 10. 100 is 5 cents! Now 8 cents a pound of pork, 5 cents is more than half a pound of pork!

There are many chickens like Zhao Menzhuan's daughter-in-law, and there are more than a dozen chickens at home, and it is not a problem to take out 200 eggs

I want Tian Guoan's daughter-in-law, who has few chickens, and there are five or six at home, and it is also a small meaning to take out 5 or 60.

Tian Hongfang was overjoyed, and stuffed all the dried sweet potatoes in her pocket to An Ning and An Ran. He pounced on his mother in two steps, shook his mother's arm and said, "Mother, there are more than 100 of us in our family, right?" That's enough to give me a pair of shoes, so sell them quickly. ”

Zhang Chun'e didn't believe the news a little, she wasn't afraid that Anjia wouldn't be able to give money. She was afraid that this was a lie told by children like eating eggs. A reassuring aunt and grandmother sent a letter to Anxin? This is really a little suspicious: "Don't worry, you told the eldest mother, did you want to eat eggs, did you make it up?" ”

"Auntie, don't worry, I won't make up nonsense, this is really what my aunt wants." The sincerity in Anxin's eyes is slow, and the slogan that I am a real person is almost written on my face.

An Ning also said in a bunch of voices: "Auntie, it's true." I came to the table that day and brought us a letter. ”

An Ran also stared at the two big eyes, and the mouth was full of dried sweet potatoes, like a little squirrel, look at this, look at that.

Zhang Chun'e wanted to say something again, but was pulled by Li Chunling: "Sister-in-law, let's sell it to them, it's better to sell it than to sell it, don't you say?" He also winked at Zhang Chun'e and signaled her not to meddle.

Zhang Chun'e sighed and didn't speak. But I thought in my heart that if this An family sister was really a liar, even if I gave them 100 eggs, I didn't need money.

Seeing that Li Chunling finally did a good thing this time, Anxin was secretly relieved. I'm really afraid of being exposed and lying, and if I continue to ask Tian's mother, I may soon be exposed.

"If any of you sells eggs, send them to my house. Just go to my house tomorrow and get the money. After Anxin finished speaking, he took An Ning Anran in his hand, said goodbye to Tian's mother, and walked out of Tian's house.