After taking a bath and teasing the little wild duck, Chen Ping cleaned his clothes, put them on the hemp rope in the courtyard to dry, and went into the house.

"Brother." Chen An shrank in the quilt, saw Chen Ping come in, and lifted the corner of the quilt, "I'll warm the quilt for you, come in quickly." ”

The weather in the past few days is not good, the quilt is not dry, it is a little damp to the touch, and it is common to be woken up by freezing in the middle of the night.

"You've got four oranges." Seeing that the eldest brother ignored him, Chen An leaned on the side of the bed with the sheet, revealing his head, "But you only put three on the table just now, and did you leave one for me?" ”

It turned out that he was thinking about this, and he was addicted to eating oranges, and he observed it carefully enough.

"Go aside, don't fight the orange idea, I'll have another use." In a group of ten, Chen Ping rested a little and continued.

In the past, if you did a few push-ups, you would be weak and unable to use your strength, but now there is basically no problem in doing five sets in a group of ten.

Shoulders to ankles in a straight line, arms on the chest, hands slightly wider than shoulders, standard posture, no discount.

"If you don't give it, forget it, I'm still your own brother, and I'm not as good as outsiders." Chen An saw that there was no play, and his little face immediately collapsed, "Don't think I don't know, who do you want to leave that orange to." ”

"Then tell me, who do I want to leave to?" Chen Ping stood up, stretched his arms, lay down again, tilted his head and asked.

"Little widow."

"What little widow? Who gave you the nickname you gave people a mess? You have to call her sister. Chen Ping did not deny that the remaining orange was indeed ready to keep Chen Ya.

"Fifty ......" spit out one, feeling that his arm was a little sore, Chen Ping grinned and made another one, "Fifty-one...... Call. ”

went outside to wash his hands, and Chen Ping climbed into bed. The bed was not wide, it had been broken once before, Chen Ping didn't dare to move too much, lay flat, and then came to sit-ups.

"Do you have to call your sister-in-law in the future?" Chen An came over, smiling with a thief's face.

Chen Ping moved his body and held his head again with both hands: "Go over and press your legs." ”

Chen An rolled up the quilt and sat skillfully on the calf bone of his eldest brother, staring at Chen Ping, still waiting for an answer.

"Isn't your eldest brother worthy of her?" Chen Ping said, "Remember, you can't scream in the future, you have to call sister." ”

"Haha, I'm going to tell my mother. said that the elder brother missed his daughter-in-law and fell in love with the little widow. Chen An exclaimed excitedly.

"Do you still want horses?" Chen Ping pressed Chen An, "Listen to me if you want to." ”

Chen An broke free twice, but after a month of uninterrupted exercise, the strength in Chen Ping's hands was not something that a six-year-old child could break free, so he had to nod.

"Well, what are you going to call Chen Ya when you see it in the future?" Chen Pingdao.

"Sister." The hero doesn't suffer the loss in front of him, Chen An's eyes rolled.

"No, I want to call Sister Chen Ya. That's kind, you know? Chen Ping taught, "Also, if you dare to tell your mother or grandpa, I will beat your ass and give the white horse to Erniu to ride." ”

No matter how clever Chen An is, he is only six years old, but Chen Ping has lived for more than 20 years and has been honed in society for several years, how can he not see Chen An's duplicity. I let this kid go one moment, and the next moment I was sued by him, this kind of thing is not done.

"I want the white horse, the one we saw earlier." Chen An remembered the white horse in the afternoon.

"No problem, it's all trivial, with your brother here, anything can be done." Chen Ping assured, but thought in his heart, when will you be able to ride a donkey.

"Okay, I won't tell my mother."

"What else?"

"I want to call Sister Chen Ya."

"Yes, that's good." Chen Ping touched Chen An's head, and then lay down again, "Continue to press your legs." ”

……

Early in the morning, the running is as usual, and the oranges are also given out, you have a petal and I have a petal. This time, Chen Ping did not stop at the river beach, and ran another mile in the direction of Xiahe Village, and only stopped when he felt the pain in his legs.

The road is not wide, and it is also winter at this time, but you can still see green leaves in the mountains, and wild ducks swim on the water, followed by a group of small wild ducks.

The air is fresh.

After watching the scenery and relieving his leg muscles, Chen Ping returned to the village and prepared to eat.

It can't be compared with the uncle's family, Chen Ping's family still has only two meals, one meal at the hour, and the elegant saying is called gluttony, which is about seven to nine o'clock in the future, of course, it is not fixed, and it may be postponed when it is busy. The second meal is in Shenshi, also known as feasting, which is equivalent to the time of afternoon tea from three to five o'clock in the afternoon in later generations.

After eating, holding boiled duck eggs, Chen Ping carried a hoe and a cloth bag, and led Chen Ping to the half acre of land in the north of the village.

"You go and call Erniu." Walking to the entrance of the village, Chen Ping instructed Chen An to run errands, and when he saw Chen An muttering there again, he added, "Why are you so stupid, that land belongs to my family, and Erniu is free labor, I don't understand this?" ”

"Oh, I see." Chen An ran excitedly to the east of the village.

Chen Ping shook his head, this younger brother's head is still simpler, he needs to practice again, otherwise he will be cheated one day and will have to pay for it himself.

"Didn't you hear that Grandpa agreed that the income from this wheat field should be at my disposal?" Chen Ping carried the wheat seeds to the field first.

In a quarter of an hour, Chen An and Chen Erniu also came to Tianlong one after the other. Three people, half an acre of land, Chen Ping made a ditch, two cattle sowed seeds, Chen An covered the soil there, and the cooperation was quite tacit.

In less than an hour, Chen An covered the last furrow with soil, and the sowing of wheat seeds in this half acre of land was over.

The soil in the south is clayy, and the wheat is not planted deeply, Chen Erniu really did not disappoint Chen Ping, not only the rice was cut quickly, but even the sowing was quite even.

"Erniu, this is for you." The three of them sat on the ridge to rest, and Chen Ping gave the duck eggs in his pocket to Chen Erniu.

There are still some duck eggs at home, Chen Ping did not go to the countryside to study, so he saved the thirty duck eggs that were to be used as a bundle, and Chen's father went to cut reeds in the water, and also got twenty or thirty wild duck eggs.

"Hey, hey." Chen Erniu wiped his hands on his clothes, peeled the shell, stuffed the whole duck egg into his mouth, and chewed it.

The egg yolk and egg whites bulged out, and Chen Erniu hurriedly dragged it with his palm, and poured the scraps in his palm into his mouth again.

"It's ugly." Chen An commented, and when Chen Erniu raised his head, he wiped the corner of his clothes twice with his palm and removed the mud, "Erniu, did you really send that orange to your mother?" ”

"Send ...... Ahem, I sent it. Chen Erniu coughed twice, and the egg in his mouth flew out, just in time to fall on Chen An's little face, "Mother must be very happy." ”

Chen An wiped his face, moved away from Chen Erniu, and sat beside Chen Ping: "Brother, let's go to the mountains to collect firewood, right?" ”

**The mountains are high and dense, and there are a lot of dead branches and leaves on the side of the mountain. Chen Ping's family had accumulated some, but recently he had boiled water, and he used it a lot.

"Go back and put the hoe first." The wheat is planted, there is no news from my cousin Chen Yuanliang, and the crabs on the river beach are difficult to find now, Chen Ping has been idle for a while, since he came here, ** The mountain has not been entered, and it is good to take a look.

The three of them returned to the village, Chen Ping put down the hoe, took two hemp ropes from the feet of Chen's father, who was weaving the top of the reeds, told the sound, and went to the ** mountain in the west.

Follow the route of Chen Ping's morning run to the foot of the mountain, then go up the ridge, pass a cemetery on the mountainside, and then go in to pick up dry firewood.

Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to draft, close to the mountains and rivers, the nearby villages do enjoy convenience, fishing and hunting harvests can provide additional income, subsidizing the family.

"Brother, shall we rest here?" Chen An stopped, his eyes looking at the nearby grave, "Erniu, where is your mother's grave?" ”

"There." Chen Erniu pointed to the grave not far away, "Are you going?" I'll take you there, and my mother will be very happy. ”

The cold wind is swishing, what the hell are these two guys doing? Chen Ping followed.

"Erniu, when did you put your oranges?" Chen An asked, "You weren't seen when you put it down, right?" If you are seen, your mother will not be able to eat oranges. ”

A warm-hearted one, yesterday he was arguing with Chen Erniu about the philosophical issue of death, and today he immediately decided that Chen Erniu could eat oranges, and he was worried about it.

"This kid doesn't want to eat oranges, does he?" Chen Ping thought in his heart, combined with Chen An's previous behavior, he felt more and more that this possibility was very high.

That is to say, I wonder how this kid would pick up firewood. It turned out that everything was for the oranges. Secretly, looking at the little head and the six-year-old body, Chen Ping only felt that this younger brother had been trained well, and maybe he would be a good material for espionage.

There are more than 100 tombs, most of which are wooden tablets on the graves, and occasionally a few stone monuments occupy a good place in the middle, and one even has a circle of green bricks built around the tombs.

"This should be from Xiatu Village, how can it be buried in Baitu Village?" Chen Ping glanced at the generous tomb and found that it was the surname Lai, and there was a newly burned paper in front of the monument, which should have been someone who had just come to worship in the past two days.

"There are thieves, someone stole my mother's oranges." When Chen Ping was pondering the handwriting on the stone tablet, Chen Erniu shouted in front of him, "Brother Ping, someone stole my mother's oranges." ”

Chen Erniuniang's grave is in the back, in a corner, there is a wooden monument, the soil on the grave is not weeds, the mud in front of the wooden monument is very flat, it is obvious that someone often takes care of it. Chen Erniu was searching the ground around him at this time.

"Don't look for it, I told you, you can't put it here, otherwise someone will definitely steal it." Chen An looked pityful, "It's better to give it to me, it's better now, it's cheaper for others." ”

Chen Ping walked over and saw a little scarlet on the side of the wooden tablet. It was blood, not yet clotted, and it was stained with two gray hairs.

Pulling Chen Erniu, who was looking for oranges, Chen Ping glanced at the grass more than ten meters away, and said in a low voice: "Don't look for it, I know where the thief is." ”

The grass is not deep, only about two feet.

"Where? I'm going to beat him. Chen Erniu gritted his teeth, "That's an orange for my mother, my mother hasn't eaten it yet." ”

"There." Chen Ping picked up a piece of dry mud on the ground, pointed to the grass, and said to Chen Erniu, "You will stand here later, if someone comes out of the grass, stop him, understand?" ”

"Is it the thief who stole my mother's orange?"

"Yes."

"I'm going to beat him." Chen Erniu clenched his fists.