In front of my house, there used to be a dirt road.

Crossing the dirt road, about three meters down, you can see a huge peach tree.

Peach trees are always densely branched, especially in spring and summer, when new branches and young leaves and delicate peach blossoms gather together, which is especially spectacular.

Under the peach tree, there is a laundry trough. To the right of the laundry trough, about 2 meters away, there is a well.

The well was drilled by my grandfather, who was a stonemason.

The well isn't the only one, either! In fact, three of the wells near my house that I know were made by my grandfather!

The well is not deep, the depth of the well is only 6 or 7 meters, and the wellhead is not large, so it should be more than one meter wide.

But since there is a lot of rain on our side and there is plenty of groundwater, if there is no accident, there is no worry about water shortage!

In order to be conspicuous, the wellhead is piled up high, and for safety, the top of the wellhead is firmly covered by a heavy stone.

And in the upper left of the peach tree, there is a small house erected in stone.

The small house was a pigsty built by my grandfather.

Since my grandfather died, the pigsty was vacant, and my mother-in-law and mother used it to pile firewood and other items so as not to abandon the house.

On the left side of the pigsty, a small tent was built, and under the small tent there was a stone-stacked millstone disc, which was used to grind beans, cornmeal, and other grains.

Behind the pigsty, a manure pit was built, because it was afraid of people falling, so it was covered by a big stone all the year round, and only a small bottleneck was left, which was convenient for irrigation.

Even so, it was covered by a heavy wooden block.

Looking out along the peach tree, there is a "grassland" of "hemp grass".

Hemp grass is also known as scorpion grass. It is the whole herb of the nettle family plant Scorpion grass, which has the effects of dispersing stasis, stopping bleeding and relieving pain.

Hemp grass can also be used to treat rheumatism, bruises, ulcers, carbuncle pain, traumatic bleeding and other conditions.

Although hemp grass has the reputation of "the king of herbs", it has dark thorns.

If you accidentally touch it, your skin will immediately become red, swollen, itchy, and stinging, as painful as being stung by a scorpion. For three or four days, the redness, swelling and pain will not go away.

However, hemp grass also responded to the old saying "To untie the bell, you must tie the bell".

That is, hemp grass stings itching and hurts you, you can also use hemp grass to cure itching pain.

At this point, I was sitting on a cobblestone on the stairs below the dirt road, and a few steps away was my mother-in-law, who was washing clothes under a peach tree.

With my hands on my cheeks, looking at my mother-in-law's swaying back, I couldn't help but sigh, "Everyone is so busy!" ”。

These days, I find that everyone is busy.

My sister was busy going to school and studying, and she was busy doing homework even after school, so she didn't have time to take me to play.

Even my mother, who was inseparable from me all day long, threw me to my mother-in-law because she was busy.

Sister, I understand.

But Mom, I don't quite understand. After all, even the people who do farm work, go to the field and pull me along, actually go to the street every day to play, and they don't take me with them!

Angry! It's too much, Mom!

I was puzzled and pulled up the weeds on the ground with one hand, one, two, three...... I didn't stop until the weeds around me were gone.

"Obediently, what's the matter, tell my mother-in-law?" When my mother-in-law turned around to scoop water with a scoop of melon, she saw that I was pulling weeds angrily, probably thinking that she was ignoring me, so I got angry.

"Mother-in-law, what do you say mom is doing on the street right now?" I pouted, staring at my mother-in-law's eyes in confusion.

"Oh, my dear, how many times have I asked today! Didn't I tell you, your mother went to call. The mother-in-law suddenly realized, and said seriously.

There was no way to install a telephone at home, so we usually had to go to a commissary across the street to make a phone call for 5 cents.

By the way, mobile phones are also sold on the street, but they are too expensive, and my mother is reluctant to spend money to buy them, and they don't have the spare money to buy them.

"Mother-in-law, lie! It doesn't take that long to call! It's been morning, and my mother hasn't come back! "I eat lunch with my mother-in-law!

"Well, Na Yingzi may have gone to your grandparents' house." My mother-in-law couldn't hide it from me, so she simply guessed.

"......" was not satisfied with the answer I received, and I pouted in dissatisfaction and was speechless.

When my mother-in-law saw that I was not easy to persuade, she simply ignored me, and she concentrated on washing her clothes.

Alas, depressed! I lowered my head and looked at the ants on the ground who were also alone, and I suddenly felt a little sympathetic!

I had the idea to find a companion for it.

As a result, I didn't see any ants running but it!

I had no choice but to put it next to a "new friend" I had discovered.

Oh yes, the new friend is a centipede.

Sister, it's been half an afternoon when I got home.

As soon as she got home, she moved out all her dictates and put them on the table.

High benches, low benches, school bags, things in school bags...... What followed was the silent hard work.

I was staring at the side. Seeing that my sister's attention was under my hands, I quietly moved to her side, carefully opened her schoolbag, and took out a pen and something I don't know if it was a book or a notebook from her schoolbag, and drew butterflies on it!

Maybe I thought I was drawing well, so I painted pigs, ants, centipedes......

"Sister! What are you scribbling on my book! This is my new book! My sister exclaimed and snatched my work from me.

"I ...... I'm drawing. Feeling that my sister was angry, I lowered my head and replied weakly.

"Well, you can't use my sister's things indiscriminately! You know? "My sister may also understand that I am too bored to be alone. So I spoke softer.

"Oh, good." I buried my head in my tugging at the hem of my floral skirt and whispered.

"Okay, let's play with this!" My sister wasn't angry anymore and handed me a small notebook.

I looked up and happily took it from my sister, who was the best.

After my sister finished her homework, she taught me to fold the paper cranes she had just learned to fold, and after we folded them for a while, my mother came home.

Mom brought a lot of things, all of them were used, including my sister and me's little skirts, clothes and padded jackets!

In such a hot weather, I can't figure out what my mother is doing with a padded jacket?

Mom didn't explain, she went to work on her own.

It was night, and when the stars were all over the dark sky, even the bright yellow moon could not compete with it.

Outside the house is the sound of the breeze blowing through the bushy hair of the ginkgo tree, and inside the house is the busy figure of the mother, flipping through the wardrobe and picking up the belongings.

At this moment, I had just taken a shower and was carried by my mother on the bed.

And my sister, who will go to school tomorrow, is already asleep in the next room.

When my mother opened the wardrobe again, closed it again, walked to the cabinet next to the TV, and opened the drawer, I should have been sleeping, but I didn't feel sleepy, I couldn't help but get up from the bed, and asked my mother curiously, "Mom, what are you doing?" ”

"What, is it my mother who is noisy and Yan Yan sleeps?" Mom flipped through the drawer's hand, paused, turned her head to look at me sitting on the cotton pillow, and asked.

"Nope!" I was in high spirits and immediately replied.

"Hmm. Then Yan Yan go to bed quickly. It's not too early. Mom subconsciously looked at the big clock on the wall.

"Mom, I don't want to sleep yet! Still, is Mom doing something? "Afraid that my mother would tell me to sleep, I quickly changed the subject.

"Hey, adult's business, you're a little kid, why are you asking so much?!" Mom suddenly became impatient.

"But, I'm ......" staring at my mother, I suddenly felt a little unspeakable grievance.

I just want to care about my mom.

"But, what? Be obedient and lie down and sleep. Mom's eyes lit up, and her tone became more and more stern.

"Oh, Mom. I know. "I was inexplicably a little lost, so I lay down obediently

Mom, don't bother with me anymore.

She was busy with herself. And I, who still didn't feel sleepy, kept looking at her.

Soon, she found out.

The consequences of disobedience, of course, are serious.

As a result, I was kicked out.

Mom said, let me go sleep with my sister tonight. Don't bother her in front of her.

I had no choice but to put on my slippers, hold my little pillow, and set off to the room where my sister slept.

It was the first time I had ever left my mother's arms at home and slept on my own.

When I came to my sister's room in the dark, I heard my sister's slight breathing, and I knew that my sister was asleep.

Didn't wake her up. I slowly grabbed the bed pole and climbed onto the bed.

Because he was timid, he didn't dare to sleep on his own. I slept with my sister.

Because I was afraid of waking my sister, I had to lean on my side and sleep.

Because my sister usually sleeps alone, her bed is actually not spacious.

However, fortunately, she used to sleep in the middle of the bed, and I was close to the edge of the bed, so I didn't fall out of bed when I slept better.

In fact, I don't sleep in a good position! Didn't fall out of bed!

The reason is that the next morning, I magically passed my sister in the middle of the bed and slept in the bed, which is the side of the bed against the wall.

As for how it was done, I don't know.

Maybe it's me, sleeping dishonestly, crawling past. Maybe my sister moved me in when she woke up in the middle of the night. Maybe my mom came and took me in.

Anyway, I'm confused too.