Chapter 7: Encounter
Mom snorted: "How do you say the same thing as someone else's family?" Now that Du Chengdu is going to the city, people will laugh at your sister in the future! ”
"I don't care. Have you ever given it to others? Let's get to work. I said.
Mom still muttered, and I didn't listen anymore, so I went straight back to the cornfield and started breaking buds.
I thought that the Du family had a scene at my house yesterday, and this time their wedding banquet was bound to do a special job to save face.
The eldest brother came up to me and whispered, "Why don't you go shopping elsewhere on their wedding day?" ”
"I haven't done anything bad, what is there to hide?" I broke the corn and threw it on the ground.
The eldest brother finally relieved himself, he had been working in the cornfield on the edge of the field, obviously waiting for Lin Cailian.
I couldn't help but purse my lips and smile, and hit him with my arm: "Don't be too obvious, what if my mother sees it?" ”
The eldest brother said in a low voice: "If she usually came early, why is it so late, and there is no shadow at all?" Could it be that something is going on at home? ”
I was just about to speak, but who knew that my mother was already standing behind us, and patted him on the back of the neck angrily: "I knew you were waiting for her, what a beating!" ”
"I'm not waiting for anyone, let's get to work." The eldest brother lowered his head again and went to break the buds.
My mother gritted her teeth: "You're just thinking about that loser, let me tell you, no!" If you want to marry her, step over my corpse first! ”
No matter what she says, my eldest brother doesn't say anything, but his endurance is much stronger than mine.
Not long after, I saw Lin Cailian carrying a lunch box and walking over from the direction of her own ridge, her slender body, white face, wearing a coarse plaid top, a pair of black pants underneath, and two large patches on her knees, but they were very clean, and the eldest brother was relieved when he saw her coming.
My mom looked back at my eldest brother, "What are you doing standing here?" Go work inside! ”
The eldest brother hurriedly lowered his head and went into the cornfield behind. In front of his mother, he didn't dare to talk to his sweetheart.
Lin Cailian nodded timidly to Li Cai and was about to enter the field.
I hurriedly took the initiative to greet her: "Sister Cailian, you are late today!" "I'm asking for my eldest brother.
"Well, I'm a little late today." Lin Cailian smiled reluctantly.
"Pay attention to your body, you are the only one who does the farm work, what if you are tired?"
"I'm fine, so are you, you've been in a bad mood lately, right? Don't be in too much of a hurry. Lin Cailian was probably very moved to see that I, who had always been indifferent to myself, had become so easy to speak.
Mom glared at me: "Are you working or nagging?" Cut out your tongue while talking nonsense! If you don't work hard for a day, you know that you are playing cheap here, for fear that others will not know that you are coming to the ground? ”
Lin Cailian knew that she was scolding her, so she didn't speak, and went into the cornfield, I peeked at her and saw her walk in, and saw the hill-like buds broken down inside, she was stunned for a moment, and then lowered her head and continued to work.
The weather began to heat up, and the three of us had dry mouths and very numb arms, but in order to finish picking all the corn before the hottest noon, we could only grit our teeth and break it.
All the corn was piled up on the side of the road, and then one person and another cart transported the buds back to their yards to dry.
My eldest brother wanted to help Lin Cailian push the cart several times, but his mother found out and simply kept looking at him.
"I'm going to see where you go! If you don't do your own work and work for other people's families for free, how can you learn from Qiao'er! Cheap, right, or are you fascinated by some kind of monster? ”
Lin Cailian's face was embarrassed.
I said angrily, "If you talk about the old days, I won't do it!" I threw the cart in my hand aside and walked forward, and my anxious mother pulled me from behind: "I didn't say you!" What are you doing with this car here? ”
"You mentioned my name and still didn't admit it? Didn't I ask the Du family to give you money? I'll go and work for my second brother, it's not good for me to save my effort! ”
Mom can only accompany the smiling face to talk to me all the way, she is not willing to let the second brother work hard.
I glanced back at my eldest brother and said in my heart, the opportunity is for you, cherish it, right? Anyway, when Mom can't see it, you can help her.
The eldest brother waved his hand gratefully at me, with a bright smile on his face.
By the time we had finished all this work, it was already noon, and we were all tired and didn't have the strength to eat, so I struggled to barely cook a little sweet potato porridge, and the three of us ate.
The eldest brother ate a few bites and said, "Mom, I don't have any work in the afternoon, so I'll let Qiao'er go to the town to sell it." ”
"What are you doing selling this? I'm not short of money! Mom didn't raise her eyelids and refused directly. The only things that can see cash at home are those vegetables, and she is really reluctant to sell them.
The eldest brother said: "If the vegetables are not sold, they will be old, and now Liu Cui's family is also going to have a happy event, so why do you have to follow a little molecule, right?" Besides, seeing that autumn is over, I always have to tear cloth for my second brother and sister to make an autumn coat, and they are married in the first year, so it's not so shabby. ”
I gave him a thumbs up behind my mother's back, my eldest brother is so smart and knows to get to the point. As long as you start from the second brother, you will definitely be able to make Li Cai agree.
Mom thought for a while before nodding: "Okay, I'll go with Qiaozhen." ”
I hurriedly said, "Then you need two people to order?" Don't worry, when the time comes, I will hand over all the money for the dishes, and I can still deceive you? ”
Mom snorted: "You might as well be calculating, you can't fool me." ”
After eating, my eldest brother helped me pick dozens of catties of various vegetables from the backyard, put them in a washed fertilizer bag, and put the vegetables directly on the back of the worn-out bicycle at home.
Mom gave me a scale, and took out the red handkerchief she carried with her, which contained some change, which was used to attract change, only three or two, she counted them several times one by one, and then drew some back, and then thought about getting back a few cents.
I said anxiously, "Mom! Why do you do this every time, it's not like I won't pay it back to you. Giving me a few dollars is like killing you. ”
"You're saying I won't let you go!"
"Then you can go by yourself, and don't look for me when the time comes."
My mother saw that I was stubborn again, so she had to give me all the money: "Hurry up!" Don't be mad at me here! ”
"What's the hurry, just take a break." I smiled and went back to the room, and lay down on the kang and slept for a while before leaving, my mother was relieved several times, looking back and forth at the money around me, for fear of losing it.
When I left, my eldest brother helped me push the car out of the courtyard gate: "You go early and come back early!" Be careful when riding. ”
"Don't worry, big brother!" I stepped on my bike and left.
I went to the cave in the woods, took the two bags of wild fruits and mushrooms, and then went to the town.
Although the dirt road in the village is not a cement road, it is very clean, and when I encounter an uphill place, I stop and push the car for a few steps, most of the time I ride a bicycle, riding forward against the wind, which is very pleasant.
When I passed by an intersection in a neighboring village, I saw a little boy in a white coat running out from under the ridge, holding a nest head in one hand and a large piece of red meat in the other, and was eating while running quickly in the direction of the river. Not noticing my car, I jumped off as I saw it was about to crash.
The kid sat right next to the car, and I was scared into a cold sweat.
"Are you alright?"
Who knew that the kid wasn't scared, but just grimaced at me and ran away.
At this time, another person ran out of the ridge next to me, and this person apologized to me: "I'm sorry! My Kyoko didn't mean it! ”
This man was in his early twenties, wearing a blue striped shirt, black pants, well-combed hair, black skin, a tall and strong figure, and white teeth were exposed when he smiled.
"It's fine." I thought to myself, this person is dressed up quite well, did he just go to the match?
The person on the other side was also a little nervous: "I am from the next village, my name is Song Dong, and this is my younger brother Song Jing." Come here to see relatives...... Actually, I'm here to meet someone, but people think I have too many brothers, and I didn't make it, ah, you see how I tell you this. ”