Liu Xianzhi took advantage of Xing Er's blind date to make a big fuss and disturbed Xing Er's good deeds. Xing Er wanted to settle accounts with her, but she sent it to the door by herself. As soon as the two met, they quarreled.

Xing Er said, "Wow, you still dare to come to my house!" I'm worried that I can't find you, but it's just right, let's settle the old account and the new account together, see if I don't split you in half! ”

Liu Xianzhi did not show weakness: "Okay, I've lived enough, it's just right to kill me, if you can't split me this afternoon, I don't want to leave the house to go to work in the cattle farm." Don't think that if you become a section chief, you will find a new love, and if you are promoted, you will keep it secret, and you won't let me know, if you want to hide it from the world, there is no way! Still want to hit me? You fight, you fight. She puffed up her chest, leaned over to Xing Er, and picked up Xing Er's palm and put it on her face.

Xing Er looked at Liu Xianzhi's big eyes with affection, and was defeated first. He sat on the matza at the door and muttered, "Didn't we quit each other?" You take your Yangguan Road, and I cross my single-plank bridge. Cut it in two. Well water does not interfere with river water. Why can't you get along with me? ”

Liu Xianzhi said: "It's true that the relatives have retired, but the people have not retreated." The last time I spent the night at your house, wasn't it after I left my family? ”

Xing Er said sincerely: "Marriage, you make it clear today, you can't occupy two nests with an old eagle, good guy, hook Wang Lin outside, and don't let me go at home." How can this work? You give me a happy word, follow me, let's go register and live a good life. If you want to talk to Wang Lin, I don't object, I will also find my daughter-in-law as soon as possible. You can't waste my youth in vain. ”

The two of them talked in the courtyard for a long time and didn't come up with a clue. Liu Marriage Fat stepped on two boats, and he didn't want to let either end go, but Xing Er still loved Liu Marriage Fat from the bottom of his heart. He couldn't let her go. When the sun was about to set, Liu Xiangzhi went into the house and said to the sulking Duo'er: "It's getting dark, don't go to the cattle farm yet." Wait until it gets dark and walk at night, aren't you afraid to be alone? ”

Duo'er glanced at Xing Er, who was sitting outside the door, and saw that he was confused. I had to go to the cattle farm alone to be on duty. Liu Xiangzhi followed Duo'er to the gate, and when Duo'er went out, she closed the door with a "hulong" and locked it from the inside. returned to the door of the house, pulled Xing Er into the house, arched into his arms and cried bitterly, still scolding in his mouth: "You are a ruthless thief, you are so ruthless." Xing Er wanted to push her away, but Liu Xianzhi put his arms around his neck, and struggled a few times but didn't break away, so he had to give up, sit on the edge of the kang, and let Liu Xiangzhi cry. When it was time to hold the lamp, Liu Xiangqing slowly stabilized and let go of Xing Er. Started to cook on the fire, fried two dishes and put them on the table, the two were relatively speechless, and the husband handed the chopsticks to Xing Second, and the two began to eat. After the meal, Liu Xianzhi put away the dishes and chopsticks and said to Xing Er who was in a daze: "Sleep, I have to get up early tomorrow to go to the spot." After speaking, regardless of whether Xing Er objected to it or not, he quickly laid out the quilt, then stripped naked and got in, and blew out the kerosene lamp on the windowsill、、、、、。

The production team is very smooth, the matchmaker and the big cow are all one person, and the two people are next to each other. Coincidentally, this land happens to be the land on the cowshed where Daddy Niu fed the cattle earlier, and the production team divides the land and things from one person, and then divides two people in order after one person is divided. The season is not forgiving, and the spring land must be planted with crops as soon as possible. There are two main points for croppers to plant the land, the first is that the season does not wait for anyone, and it is very important to plant at the right time. The second is that the seedlings should be complete and the seedlings should be prosperous. Only when the seedlings are held at the right time can there be a harvest. Otherwise, it would be empty talk to get more food. Think about it, can a crop without seedlings have a good harvest?

In the early winter, the team organized all the ploughing tools to go into battle together, and raked the spring land next year in advance, and began to plant spring crops after the spring rain had passed. This year is a bit special, everywhere is dividing the land, and each family is thinking about what crops are the most cost-effective. The mountains depend on the sky for food, and because the land has to be divided, the things in the team have been distributed to each family. The well-off host also bought the collective oxen and ploughs home. Families like Daddy Niu and Aunt Qi have a small population, and each person is given one and a half acres of land, but the land is too little, and the food is limited. Cattle breeding that is not worth it. Don't look at the cows to eat grass, but they also need to eat some food. More than one acre of land is really worthless to raise cattle and buy plough tools. But the land has to be cultivated, and if it is not cultivated, it must be planed manually, anyway, if the land is not ploughed or planed, it will not grow crops.

Daddy Niu got up early and carried the iron milling to plow the ground. I saw from afar that the matchmaker's seventh aunt also came to plow the ground. He also carried dry food and water in his hands. It seems that he didn't go home to eat at noon, and simply ate some dry food on the ground, in order to save effort and plow more land. Strive to sow the seeds as soon as possible. Only after holding the seedlings did she feel at ease. It's a pity that she hasn't worked hard for many years, and the year is not forgiving, just half a trip to the ground, she is tired and sweaty, and there are two big blisters on her hands. I was so tired that I had to sit on the ground and rest. Looking at the large area in front of her, she felt a little desolate. An old lady farms, that is, there are no oxen and no plows, it all depends on the body, which is difficult. Just when Aunt Qi was a little desperate, the savior came. Daddy Niu was also tired and wanted to rest, and when he saw Aunt Seven in a daze, he came over to join in the fun. The two sat together and discussed the pros and cons of dividing the land. Sigh the hardships of life. The two of them had rested enough, and they got up and were about to go back to various places to dig the ground. didn't want Xing Er to come over, he greeted and said, "Slow down, rest and work a lot, it's not too late to compensate me for sitting down." Ploughing is a hard job, and I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. ”

The seventh aunt didn't listen to Xing Er's dissuasion, and got up to go to plow the ground. Xing Eryi grabbed the iron milling in her hand, grabbed it and threw it on the ground, not wanting to break the milling handle. This milling handle has not been used for many years, and it has been idle in the courtyard for many years, and it has been exposed to wind and rain, and it has been rotten due to the bite of small insects. Xing Er, who was in the middle of it, fell lightly and broke into two from the milling head. The house was rotten, and Aunt Seven was a little anxious, and said, "Er, aren't you ruining me?" Tell you about my daughter-in-law, I'm honest. Although I didn't say it, it was not a marriage, no wonder I am. ”

Xing Er said: "What's the hurry, take a break and do a lot of work." Your old man sits firmly in Diaoyutai, this place still has the land of Big Daddy, I have it, it will be completed after dark, such a trivial matter, is it difficult for me to be wise and brave Xing Er? He snatched the dry tobacco pouch from Daddy Niu's hand, pretended to take a few puffs, and couldn't smoke. Then he instructed Daddy Niu: "Put on a cigarette pouch, and I'll get a bag of cigarettes." As long as this bag of cigarettes is finished, you two old people will rest on the ground, watch me Xing Er show his skills, divide by two, and finish after dark. But there is one. You two can have dinner for me. ”

Aunt Qi said: "You have dug the ground for your aunt, I will treat you to dinner, scrambled eggs with sprouts and shallots, and then brand a few small salted fish, the fried food of the new stall is fragrant and soft, to ensure that you are satisfied." ”

Daddy Niu said, "I don't know how to cook, so I'll make a good dish." The grasshoppers I caught after last autumn are salty, fry a plate for you to eat, and if it doesn't work, there are fish in the small pond, and you can catch two to make fish soup. It's just that I don't know how to cook, so it doesn't necessarily taste good. He bowed his head pitifully.

Aunt Seven said, "You won't do it, don't you have me?" As long as there are materials, you don't have to worry about not being able to eat good meals. There are two things I am best at in my life, one is cooking, and the other is matchmaking. ”

Daddy Niu said: "Pull it down, you also said that the matchmaker, your own business, has not been solved for half a lifetime, let alone build a bridge for others." You can't see this shape right now? The eight immortals crossed the sea, each showing its ability. If you don't make any effort, you can only wait to starve and be poor. ”

Aunt Qi was a little embarrassed and said: "That's it, I can't do anything, society is progressing, and the Communist Party can't ignore our gang." Besides, in the collective season, people work seven times and three times, and it is not as cost-effective to work for a year as it is better to spread your legs and raise a child. The collective work is all based on consciousness, the work is not contributive, and the problems of the big pot of rice are not all gone? In addition, you see, in the past few years, the rebels wearing red armbands have been in line with each other and shouting slogans every day, but they have not gone to work in the fields, and I have heard that every year the Revolutionary Committee of the Commune allocates a lot of work to the various brigades, which is more than the money and food of a strong laborer who works every day. Do you think that's reasonable? ”

Xing Er didn't participate in the meaningless debate between the two old guys, he returned to the cattle farm, drove the walk-behind tractor out, returned to the land of Daddy Niu and Aunt Qi, and asked casually: "Which of you two plows first?" ”

When Aunt Qi saw Xing Er driving the tractor to the edge of her ground, she immediately became overjoyed, touched the handrail of the handrail with her hand, nodded, and said happily: "Row down from my side, one by one." This can save the old aunt's strength, this iron cow is much stronger than the beef cow. ”

Daddy Niu hurriedly said: "Who are you scolding, I'm a human, not a cow." It's just that my surname is Niu. ”

Aunt Qi smiled and said to him: "You are not as good as that really good, you don't understand anything, get a daughter-in-law, and you have been calling your brothers to fight for decades, you are not ashamed, I will blush for you!" ”

Hearing that Aunt Niu looked down on him so much, his face began to be unbearable, his face was blushing and his neck was thick, and he was about to argue, Xing Er hurriedly shook his hand to stop him from talking, and asked him: "Do you say that we should plow the land first, or debate first?" If you want to be a hero, I will drive the car back first, and one day your two old comrades will debate for three days and two nights, and it will not be too late to divide the victory and defeat and then plow the land. ”

Aunt Bai glanced at Daddy Niu and said, "Nephew Xing Erxian, it's important to give me the plough first, I don't have time to talk to him." His bull tongue is not expected to be able to make a big statement, so he will make some cowhide theories to anger me. ”

Daddy Niu quickly shut up, reached out and took the bucket from Xing's second-hand hand, went to the small pond to bring back the water and put it on the ground, and prepared to open the pot and add water to the car. Xing Er asked Aunt Qi to stay away, he shook the car and ignited, adjusted the speed, loosened the clutch, and began to plow the land, Aunt Qi followed behind and shouted: "Be careful not to twist your legs when turning." ”

Daddy Niu said to her: "I still think I don't like what I say, but it turns out that I am not much better than me, I didn't work, first curse him to twist his legs, his wife has a bad mouth, don't talk nonsense." In case Leader Xing gets angry and drives the car back, it will smash the show. ”

Just now, because of the "sudden" roar of the tractor, he didn't hear Aunt Qi's words, so he didn't react. The machine is indeed stronger than people, and after a while, it will be ploughed back and forth, Niu Dada picked up the iron rake, greeted the seventh aunt, and the two took advantage of the suitable humidity of the ground that had just been cultivated, and quickly leveled the rake, so that by noon, the seven aunts' one and a half acres of land had been all ploughed and raked. The happy seventh aunt couldn't close her mouth, and thanked Xing Er from the bottom of her heart for helping her plow the land. At the same time, I am also grateful to Daddy Niu for helping her to rake the ground, if it weren't for Daddy Niu's help, she couldn't keep up with the trip to plough the land alone, the sun is shining, the spring breeze blows, and the land that has just been cultivated will lose the water in a blink of an eye, and become a piece of soil. Then it will be a big trouble, the rake will not be opened, the smash will not be smashed, and the crops will not be fully seedling.

At lunchtime, Aunt Qi mysteriously approached Xing Er and said: "I tell you the news, the fertilizer factory is going to merge with the municipal organic amine, and those who were originally going to be decentralized are also workers and farmers, and their jobs are finally saved." In addition, I also heard that on this Sunday, Liu Laozhuan and his family invited Wang Lin and his parents to come to the house as guests, and eighty percent wanted to discuss the marriage of the two people, and they also wanted to ask the old revolutionary to accompany them. ”

Xing Er nodded, didn't say anything, and his expression was a little heavy. Aunt Qi only revealed the news to Xing Er because she had heard rumors from outsiders that Liu Xianzhi had spent the night at Xing Er's house, and the two of them were disconnected, pulling their ears and cheeks.

Daddy Niu has long known about Liu Xianzhi and Xing Er's resignation. He was afraid that mentioning Liu's blind date would cause Xing Er to feel unhappy. Hurry up and hit the garden: "How about tasting fried grasshoppers?" At that time, I boiled it a little with boiling water and added salt, and it should taste good. You can also taste his seventh aunt, how is my cooking skill? ”

Xing Er pinched a grasshopper with his hand and put it in his mouth to chew it a few times, smacked his lips, and praised: "It's so fragrant, I'd rather eat a bite of cherries than gnaw a basket of rotten apricots." I said, Daddy Niu, do you still have any wine? Take it out and drink two taels to call it beautiful. It's a pity that you don't have a sip of wine with such good food. I'm sorry for this plate of grasshoppers. ”

Daddy Niu took off the wine jar on the wall, poured a full tea bowl with his hand, and brought it to Xing Er. Xing Er was not polite, took a sip of it, tasted it and said, "Daddy Niu, this wine is an old Bailiangchun from Fujiashan?" ”

Daddy Niu said: "It is this wine, it is the loose wine that I asked Duo'er to watch for me for a long time a few days ago, and I went to Fujiashan Winery to exchange it." The winery is not big, but the wine is made of pure grain, which is the old saying, a small pharmacy does not necessarily have no ginseng. ”

Xing Er picked up the wine jar, raised it to his ear and shook it with his hand, and when he heard that there was not a lot of wine, he got up and hung the jar back on the wall. Sit down and start eating, eating and drinking. When the meal is full, the teabowl of wine is also drunk. He wiped his mouth and instructed Daddy Niu: "Put on the cigarette pouch." ”

Daddy Niu said, "Don't you smoke?" ”

Xing Er said: "Don't be verbose. Slowly, I am your leader, and just by cultivating the land, it is also appropriate to serve the master. What's more, I'm a car with oil and people to work for your old boy for free? If you don't have a cigarette pouch, the tractor won't be able to fire in the afternoon, believe it or not? A bag of cigarettes still hurts and I panic, so I quit. After that, he tilted his body and lay on the cow's father's kang, sleeping face in.

Aunt Qi stretched out her hand and twisted the thigh of the cow daddy, accompanied by a smiling face, and leaned in front of Xing Er and whispered, "Er, you are as knowledgeable as that cow." Aunt Seven, can I light a cigarette pouch for you? ”

Xing Er turned over and sat up, smiled and said, "Aunt Seven, you have been fooled." I'm messing around with Daddy Cow. He is an old bachelor and panicked, and I will come over to be happy with him whenever I have time, and my grandfather and I are friends who have forgotten the year. And my three brothers, we're all good friends. Don't look at Xu Guangda's eldest brother who returned to school to become the principal, he still thinks about the cow farm in his heart, and he can't forget me. Mr. Ma, the southern kidnapper, was even more so, and sent me several messages inviting me to drink. I was too busy to go and play with him. A few days ago, the Majia Clinic opened, and I was invited to sit at the table. Treat me like a brother. There were quite a few people who went to the banquet, and he took me by the hand and toasted the guests from table to table. And to the relatives and friends who came to congratulate, I gave the greatest credit to introduce the medicine shelf and medicine box in the process of making zuò. He also said that as long as I wanted, he could take me as an apprentice at any time and teach me to learn Chinese medicine. It's just that I'm stupid by nature, and I can't get out of the cattle farm. lived up to Brother Ma's kindness. ”

In the afternoon, it is smoother to plough the land for the cow daddy. He also ploughed the vegetable field that Duo'er had opened. When the sun was about to set, the weather suddenly changed, and large dark clouds came up from the northwest, and the dust blown by the strong wind was flying, and the faces of the people who hit them were painful. Aunt Qi hurriedly took off the scarf around her neck and wrapped it around her head. Xing Er hurriedly drove the tractor to the cattle farm, but before he arrived at the cattle farm, the sky was full of spring thunder, and lightning pierced the sky. Then a torrential rain fell from the sky. Xing Er drove the tractor into the garage in the rain, and his whole body was already drenched like a chicken in soup. He hurried back to the dormitory and changed into a clean overalls with Doer's help. Outside, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the ground was already muddy. He saw that Daddy Niu couldn't eat grasshoppers there, so he had to let Duo'er cook, and the brother and sister ate together.

Speaking of Aunt Seven, she had planned to return home before the sun set. Just after lunch, she helped Daddy Niu harrow the ground. Daddy Niu helped her rake all morning. In the afternoon, it was the turn of Daddy Niu to plough the land, could she be embarrassed to throw down the iron rake and go home? Comparing her heart to her heart, people helped her, and she should help them for an afternoon. Why is it that there are unforeseen storms and clouds in the sky, and the sky is not beautiful, but it rains. The mountains near the cattle farm are all red soil, and when it rains, it is sticky, and once you step on the ground, you can't pull out your shoes and walk barefoot. What's more, it's getting late, and it's still raining in the sky. Seeing that she couldn't go, Aunt Seven had to follow Daddy Niu, stepping on the mud, and came to the hut where Daddy Niu lived to hide from the rain. Due to the warm spring and cold rain, the soaking seventh aunt yawned a few times, she shivered all over the cold, and her upper teeth couldn't stop knocking her teeth. Daddy Niu is an old bachelor, and there are no women's clothes in the house for Aunt Seven to replace. It was too cold to wear wet clothes, Aunt Bi Jingqi was old, and her body bones were not so frost-resistant, so she had no choice but to let Daddy Niu turn around, she took off her wet clothes and got into Daddy Niu's bed to keep warm. There is no way around it.

Daddy Niu also took off his wet clothes, put on his old sheepskin jacket, and braved the rain to go to the old cowshed to get some dry wood and come back to make a fire for cooking. His stove was the kind of cauldron head that was commonly used in the countryside in the past, and it was connected to the kang. When you burn the fire and cook, the kang will be hot. Some people may ask, how do people suffer when cooking on the kang is so hot in summer? This problem is easy to solve, and in the summer, everyone builds a small shed outside the house, puts a stove on the plate, and cooks outside. After the meal is ready, it is brought to the house with the pot and eaten. Today's special circumstances. Daddy Niu cooks in the house. The pot didn't work much, the millet didn't bloom in the pot, and the seventh aunt lying on the kang felt that the kang began to heat up, and waited until Daddy Niu made dinner, put the scrambled eggs in the bowl, put them on the edge of the kang, put the rice porridge bowl next to the vegetable bowl, and put the head of the hot nest on the vegetable bowl, but the seventh aunt refused to get up to eat. It's not that she doesn't want to get up to eat, it's that she just can't get up. If she sits up and eats, even if she is wrapped in a quilt, whatever you want, she will either show her head or show her head. Anyway, no matter up or down, it doesn't look good at any end.

Daddy Niu said: "It's really not good, you eat on your stomach, there is nothing to show on your chest, I promise not to look at it." ”

Aunt Qi said: "How can there be an old cat who doesn't eat fish? You won't spare me if you don't look at me. Actually, the people who are buried in the soil to the neck, it doesn't matter if you look at it or not, whether you are a gentleman or a villain, you can see enough, the old lady doesn't care about these trivialities today, and she looks at a lot of meat on my body and starts to eat. She got up and sat up, put the quilt on her body, turned around, and ate face to face with Daddy Niu. In order to avoid leisure, Daddy Niu hung the lantern on a nail next to the door. also deliberately poured a bowl of wine for Aunt Qi, and he only poured a small half bowl to accompany him.

The seventh aunt said, "What are you still shy? Pour it full, don't pretend to be the one who obeys the rules, come and touch a cup. ”

The two of them began to drink, in the dim light, a bowl of wine was in the stomach, the seventh aunt looked at the red-faced Niu Dad, and asked him: "Lao Niu Wow, what a daughter-in-law, give it to the second child, don't you feel a loss?" ”

Daddy Niu was helpless, sighed, lowered his head, and said softly: "I can't fight." They are all brothers, gritting their teeth and scolding each other, just getting angry and smashing something out of anger, really fighting hard, no. Cheap does not go out, and fertilizer and water do not flow into outsiders' fields. I fought desperately, isn't he also a singleton? No one complains, their own lives are bitter. God arranged this heart, people don't fight for their lives, I was born to fight the life of a single. ”

"You can't pretend to be a bear if you accept your fate, you're only in your early fifties, and in the past, when you were young, rich people begged for a house, and you could pass on the ancestry. Look at your current bear-like appearance, a slut who can't fall down, which makes people look disgusting. Raise your head and puff out your chest. Take out the manly style. Straighten your waist and be a man! Take out the heroism of a man, and the soldier can be killed but not humiliated. Look at the man in the house, who doesn't walk with his head held high. Look at you, walking with your head down, talking like a kitten, lacking confidence. If you're like this, it's no wonder that outsiders don't bully you. The price is like a frosted eggplant all day long, listless. It's contemptible. Aunt Seven paused, forced Daddy Niu to look at him with her eyes, stared at him for a moment, stared at Daddy Niu in a panic, and quickly lowered her head, not daring to look at Aunt Niu's majestic eyes again.

Aunt Seven said: "Raise your head, look into my eyes, don't bow your head and escape, don't you want to find another daughter-in-law to live the rest of your life?" ”

Daddy Niu muttered in a low voice: "I look forward to my daughter-in-law every day, which old bachelor is not in a hurry?" Having said that, who would be willing to marry me with such conditions. You are a matchmaker. Give me a cāo to worry about. I'll be grateful to you. I'll take care of your acre and a half of land. hoeing, pulling weeds, and harvesting grain. Picking cotton, harvesting sweet potatoes, shaving peanuts, and working hard are all counted as mine, and nothing else, what my old cow has is strength. ”

Aunt Seven appreciated Daddy Niu's words, and she wanted to listen to these words. She stopped squeaking, finished her meal silently, pushed her rice bowl, and asked, "How do you sleep tonight?" ”

Daddy Niu said, "You can sleep boldly, I will bake your clothes dry first, and then dry mine." It is estimated that in the middle of the night, I put on an old sheepskin jacket, lay on the edge of the kang and took a nap, and after a while, the sky will brighten. You hear that the rain has stopped outside, you can sleep in peace, you have to plant crops tomorrow morning, the spring rain is as expensive as oil. Tomorrow afternoon, you can order corn and peanuts. The four-fingered spring rain is not small. ”

Aunt Niu listened to him just talk about crops and not people, what should he do if he didn't set up this cow? The angry seventh aunt scolded in her heart: "What a stupid cow and a stupid cow, women sleep in his bed and don't open his mind, he can be regarded as the first fool in this world!" ”

It's almost midnight, and the wind and rain outside have stopped. The fields were silent. Except for the sound of Daddy Niu roasting clothes, there was silence in the room. Aunt Seven deliberately turned over, pretending to be asleep, she squinted and peeked at Daddy Niu, only to see that he folded Aunt Qi's clothes neatly and carefully placed them on Maza. Slip his own clothes roughly and put them in another place. Then take another mazah, place it in front of the kang, and sit on it. Put on an old sheepskin jacket, put two arms on the edge of the kang, bury your head in your arms, and lie on the edge of the kang to sleep.

Aunt Qi deliberately said: "The spring skin is hot, and the itchy spine is uncomfortable, can you scratch me?" ”

Daddy Niu said, "Wow. With that, he put his hand into the quilt and gave Aunt Seven a gentle itch. After scratching for a long time, his hand kept spinning on Aunt Qi's back, and he never dared to take a step beyond Lei Chi. Seeing that he still didn't get into the trap, Aunt Seven had to say, "Okay, let's sleep with you." ”

When Daddy Niu heard this, he quickly withdrew his hand and lay on the edge of the kang, not daring to move in fright.

After a long time, Aunt Qi turned over again and said, "Old Niu, it's almost dawn." ”

Daddy Niu responded: "I'll cook when it's dawn, and then put two eggs on the noodles." ”

The seventh aunt scolded him angrily: "You know how to eat!" Wouldn't you do something else but eat? ”

Daddy Niu was robbed by Aunt Seven, and he was not angry, but he just smiled lightly, and Aunt Niu suddenly screamed in a low voice: "Old Niu, what do you have in this bed?" Daddy Niu hurriedly leaned over to look, and Aunt Qi hugged him and said in a coquettish voice: "Come on, you are the first stupid cow in the world who doesn't know gold and jade、、、、、、。 ”