On Thursday morning, the old horse got up to smoke on the balcony, and the boy went out after saying hello. Gui Ying also got up at six o'clock and packed up her things for travel. At seven o'clock, Gui Ying pulled the box and walked to the door, Zhiyuan saw her off, and when she left, the two of them hugged and hugged and kissed in the door! Old Ma Ben waited for Gui Ying to greet him, but he caught a glimpse of this scene! He hurriedly covered his face with a fan, and his heart was jumping like a cannonball! He himself was ashamed like a child who had made a mistake, but these two didn't care, after Gui Ying left, Zhiyuan's face was not red and his heart was busy as usual. The old horse had a false alarm, he couldn't quite understand this thing of the people in the city.

At eight o'clock, he wanted to listen to the play, and he couldn't search for the name of the play by typing in pinyin, so he had to shake the fan and wait for his son-in-law to come back. In a panic, he took his reading glasses and opened WeChat to see the messages in WeChat. Suddenly saw the message sent to him by Yuan Jiancheng - this is the only son of the eldest brother Yuan Tiesheng. Lao Ma dialed the phone directly.

He sighed after hanging up the phone, Big Brother is now in the hospital, and he was discharged this weekend, and they made an appointment to go to see it on Saturday. Jiancheng said that his father almost didn't rescue him during the previous year, and his heart still didn't work after a bridge, and he was hospitalized every once in a while. The old woman has left early, the son has to work to support the family, and there is a daughter-in-law waiting for him! Think about what the situation is like in front of the hospital bed. The old horse only hated that his legs and feet were inconvenient, otherwise he would have served him for a few days.

Thinking of his death, although he is not confident, he is still reliable! If you are in your hometown, you can rely on the second child, but in Shenzhen, the third son-in-law is more considerate than the third! The old horse nodded, and suddenly felt a sense of superiority. Then he couldn't help sighing, he only came to Shenzhen for a few months and left, he wanted to live for a long time, and the third child might not stay! Besides, what is good in the present is not necessarily good in the future.

Lao Feng'er in the village was a good daughter-in-law and mother when she was young, and a good mother-in-law and grandmother when she was old, what was the result? I was put in a former cowshed by a few children to get by! The finch in the west of the village is, when he is alive, he does this and that for his son, and when he dies, his son is reluctant to spend even the money for the funeral! Lao Ma recalled that he was neither bad nor good for these three children, and God knows how desolate he will be when he comes to the end! He was uneasy.

After Zhiyuan came back, the two had breakfast together, and when they saw their father-in-law's sad face, Zhiyuan asked Ming, and set up to go to see Big Brother early Saturday morning. The sorrow here is not broken, and the turmoil over there is again.

Ma Ruifeng in the village called Lao Ma to send a box of winter dates and a box of apples to Shenzhen, Lao Ma was puzzled, he only said greetings and greetings, Lao Ma refused, but he wanted to come from Xingsheng The address has been shipped. An hour later, Ma Hongchao of the third team also called, to send Lao Ma a few bottles of Xifeng wine and persimmon vinegar brewed by relatives, Lao Ma asked the reason, he didn't understand, and hung up the phone in a hurry.

Ma Ruifeng and Ma Hongchao - the two are not familiar with Lao Ma in the village, why did he have this when he arrived in Shenzhen! Flickering words - there must be cats. Lao Ma dialed the phone number of his eldest nephew Xingcai, he was well-informed, and he found out that there was indeed a general election in the village, which was set for July 12. There are three candidates, Ma Ruifeng, Ma Hongchao, and one Ma Baoshan. The old horse pondered the three people repeatedly, shaking his head and sighing for a while.

Ma Ruifeng is in his forties and has been a captain for two terms, he has experience but lack ability, and when he encounters a major event, he either dodges or shirks responsibility. At present, he is providing for two students and an old mother who is paralyzed in bed, and he is under great financial pressure, and he still can't figure out what is going on in his own field in the past few years, and he is still the village head! Xu was admitted to undergraduate university last year, and he suddenly became a magpie - at first sight, his tail was high! There are no tigers in the mountains, the monkey is the king, and the old horse smiles bitterly.

Ma Hongchao, life is good, a little older - fifty-eight years old, of course, he is still very young compared to himself! He used to repair cars for people in the city, from bicycles to motorcycles, from motorcycles to cars, rich and capable, but cunning! When he opened the store, he did a lot of things to change parts and sit on the ground to raise prices, thanks to his honest son, the family business did not fail. In the early years, he mixed in the village, he was vain and arrogant, and he loved to be with the mud, and he was bored with whoever he was along. Now that he has money, he will return to the village to be the village head, give up business and enter politics, and reopen a piece of his territory in Majiatun! He should be opening an auto repair chain - he can open it if he wants.

Ma Baoshan is a shrewd person, and he used to be a captain, but he didn't do too many trivial things to pick and choose! Now he must be aiming at the oil and water on the village chief. He is an outsourced worker when he is not farming, and he goes home to farm when he is busy, and he is the richest group of people in the village. When he was young, he had the color of Pan An, floating like a gourd on the water, and later married a rich daughter-in-law, and now he is middle-aged and stable, and he is slippery when he talks about beauty, but he hasn't done a few beautiful things. He has the ability and capital, but unfortunately his heart is as small as a needle's ass, and he makes calculations before doing things, and he is even more snobbish when he looks at people.

Although Ma Baoshan is not as rich as Ma Hongchao, this person is much more than Hongchao's chicken thief. In any case, which of these three people became the village chief, and the old horse would not be able to turn a blind eye! It's a pity that he is now lying on the rocking chair in Kunlun Mountain - too far away from the world. For the sake of Majiatun, he has broken his heart in this life, if he can't choose a good village chief, Majiatun's future plan is afraid to decline. The old horse was full of dark clouds this day. People are no longer hot, and Qin Yan opera is no longer listening, and one person lies there, lying from morning to noon, from noon to night.

Tomorrow morning, Yangyang is going to take the exam, and the grinding gun is not fast. After dinner, Zhiyuan tutored Yangyang hard, one knocked on the table, clapped his hands, shouted and laughed vigorously, and the other opened his mouth and stared at him, like a pig who couldn't understand human words. It was nine o'clock in the evening, Zhiyuan was still teaching, and the old horse was annoyed when he heard it in the air, so he moved to the dining table to join in the fun.

Yangyang, this baby, is still a lively clever ghost if he doesn't teach, and he has become a big fool if he teaches it. The old horse sat there, her eyes stared at the old horse, and Zhiyuan couldn't break it back.

"Forget it, what is the test! Look at her like that, throwing stones in the well, toads jumping on drums - I just don't understand! Hehehe...... "The old horse persuaded Zhiyuan."

"Hey! I'm also on fire! She couldn't listen! I wondered, the boy used to be very teachable! Zhiyuan had a bitter face.

"Some children open early, some children open late, just like the flowers, some bloom in spring, some bloom in autumn. Farming is also divided into spring sowing and autumn sowing, you have to sow it in autumn, so how can it be! You are uncomfortable, it is even more uncomfortable! The old horse shook his fan.

"It's only about a dozen letters, and I've taught it no less than 30 times, and I'm not very good at it! Heck, I now think it's much harder to teach a little kid than an older kid! Zhiyuan sighed and closed the book, and put away the paper and pen.

"Hey, you're all here! Just right! "Tsai opened the door and came in.

"You're leaving school early today?" Zhiyuan stood up and asked, then turned around and put the rippling things back into the house.

"Isn't it your birthday today? I came back from a self-study session in advance! Dangdang - Birthday Cake! Tsai said as he put a small cake seven or eight inches long on the table.

"I want to eat that, I want to eat ......" Yang Yang came to life like a wheat seedling after the rain.

"When did you buy it?" Zhiyuan was surprised.

"Order in the morning and pick it up in the evening! I took it apart! Tsai said as he unpacked the package and handed out small plates and plastic forks.

"What's written on this?" The old horse asked.

"Happy birthday, Daddy!" Tsai Tsai back.

"Daddy? Your dad is so young! If he's a daddy, then what am I? The old horse teased.

"You're an old horse? The old village chief? Old kids? Old lion? Galeries Lafayette? Old Monster ...... Hahaha...... "Tsai joked.

"I'm not young anymore!" Zhiyuan whispered awkwardly.

"Oh, so this is a birthday cake!" The old horse couldn't help but praise when he saw the small colorful cake.

"Dad, you haven't had a birthday cake?" Zhiyuan asked in surprise.

"And no one buys it for me! Your second brother cooks me a good meal every year, and when I was sixty, the people in my house had a small meal, and in the past few years, I have gone to the restaurant in the village to eat two tables for my family! ”

"This year's great event for you! Seventy birthdays, no ambiguity! Zhiyuan felt a little guilty.

"If you can't do it, it's not interesting!" The old horse waved his hand shyly, duplicitous.

"Birthday singing? It's not interesting for me to sing alone! Or Dad, you can make a wish directly! Tsai Tsai inserted the candle and lit it with a lighter, and then said to Zhiyuan.

"What a wish! Your grandfather is here! How can the elders celebrate the birthday of the juniors? Zhiyuan took the candle away and blew it out.

"No, I managed to get it right! That's it, I'll sing you a birthday song with Yangyang! ”

"Sing what you sing, just eat it!" Zhiyuan's face was twisted.

"If he wants to sing, let him sing, and I'll listen to it! What do you see him singing? The old horse laughed.

Tsai Zai started his head, and the brother and sister clapped their hands and sang: "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you......"

Zhiyuan, who was sitting opposite the brother and sister and listening to his children singing, was tormented in his heart, he hid the loneliness on his face, and cracked an ugly smile - he didn't want the old man and the child to see his strange appearance. When a person reaches his age and comes to his situation, I am afraid that the most difficult thing is the loss of time. At the beginning, he resigned not only because of Yangyang, but also for his own reasons. When the lecture hall and the blackboard gradually became stranger to him, what he needed was not to ignore his own divisions and tolerate his own two-mindedness, but to cut off his hesitation. He did it!

He thought he would find a new direction in life in a year or two, and he tried and tried. Now Yangyang is four years old, and he has been dormant for five years! But as a result, at the only turning point in his life, he lost his way - lost his direction. His passion for literature and his passion for teaching have now faded! All the efforts he made at the moment were just to alleviate his great anxiety as he entered middle age. He lived in seclusion in his small house, cooking and washing dishes, and taking care of the children to pass his pale and frightened middle age.

The singing stopped, and Yang Yang was super excited with a small plate and a small fork, and the old horse was amused by her.

"Come on, come on, eat cake!" Zhiyuan first cut a large piece for the old horse and presented it to him with both hands.

The four of them ate a sweet cake. Although it was for Zhiyuan's birthday, the happiest people at the moment were Lao Ma and Yangyang, and the two of them ate the cake intently, without hiding the pleasure of rich food. Their happiness more or less fills the potholes in Zhiyuan's middle-aged misage.

Tsai Tsai is very sensible from time to time to wipe his sister's mouth and cut cakes for his grandfather, his son's growth has brought panic and anxiety to Zhiyuan, he can no longer be his life coach, and he no longer needs or relies on him as a father so much! He peeled himself like a seed, and then naturally took root and sprouted leaves, and as a father, he panicked and even jealous that his son would be more lush and strong than him in the future.

"Zhiyuan, how old are you this year?"

"I'm a rabbit, and it's forty-five years since I celebrated my birthday!" Zhiyuan lowered his head and whispered to the sweet and bitter cake.

"Oh, you're bigger than you! He's a dragon! "The old horse seemed to have discovered something important.

"Yes, I'm a year older than him, eight months older, two years younger than my eldest brother."

"Oh, then you are a few years older than Gui Ying!" The old horse pinched his fingers.

"My dad found a little sister to fall in love! Hey, hey, hey, hey......" Tsai interjected.

"Dad, what were you doing when you were my age? Let these two children know you too! ”

"Oh, when you're so old - in your forties......" The old horse looked up at the ceiling and paused for a moment, as if to salvage his lost life in the Milky Way.

Tsai Tsai lowered his head to eat the cake, Zhiyuan waited for the old horse to speak, and Yang Yang raised his head to look at the direction of the old horse. The shallow yellow-haired child didn't know what the old man on the other side was doing when he froze there and looked at the ceiling.

"Gee, that was twenty or thirty years ago, yes, yes...... At that time, the peasants had just had land in their hands - every family farmed the land, and their lives were nourishing and stress-free, but they were poor - really poor! At that time, I was raising three children, Yingying and her grandfather were dying, how could I make a living by selling wheat when I farmed the land every year? Her grandfather's money for medical treatment can't be dragged until the wheat is collected by others! No way, I sold the cow that year! Hey, it's distressing...... At that time, the peasants couldn't live without cattle! I had no choice but to rack my brains to make money, I planted two acres of carrots that winter, and in the winter, I pushed a trolley and sold it from village to village, who wanted to exchange a lot of wheat - earned! Hahaha...... The next year I planted five acres of carrots and white radishes, and I earned again! I bought a walk-behind – I was the first person in the village to buy a walk-behind at the time! Lao Ma wrinkled his chin and nodded, as if he was amazed by himself in his memory, waiting for everyone's praise!

"Amazing, Dad!"

"Hehehe......" Tsai snorted.

"In the third year, I planted green onions, three acres of green onions and two acres of radish! Shaanxi people celebrate the New Year, eat, and have noodles or something, you can have no vegetables but you can't do without green onions! Ay! It was a ...... year It's bad luck! The old horse shook his head and slapped the table.

"My three acres of green onions were planted in autumn, and they grew particularly well in early October, who would have thought that one day someone would steal them in the middle of the night - steal one and a half acres from me! There are car prints in the field, and I came to steal them at night while driving! In winter, the green onions can be put and sold in the New Year, and he stole half of them and ruined a lot of them for me! Tsk...... Oh, it's painfully dripping blood! Gui Ying's mother sat in the ground and cried! I collapsed in bed for days and couldn't get up! We don't grow wheat and rape like others, and the whole family only lives on these acres of green onions and radishes! Tsk...... It's good that he's going to cut me with a sickle, he's pulling it out - uprooted, there's nothing left without roots! Lao Ma said with a sad face, as if he had returned to the situation of that year.

"And what happens then?" Zhiyuan asked.

"What can I do? It was still early in mid-October, and I thought about making the green onions grow stronger, and harvesting them later to make them less heavy. Afraid that someone would steal it again, I pushed the cart and took the bed to the field every night to look at the green onions, and I also borrowed a dog from the village - I have been raising dogs since then! Now the previous generation of Lao Huang...... Ah, the last generation, it was born to the dog in the field at that time. It was so cold that the dogs shivered! Think about the late autumn weather in the north! I can't help it, I built a thatched hut in the field! Actually, I was scared at that time, so I brought the guy with me every night - a rolling pin, a shovel, a sickle, a flashlight, etc., which was more than a meter long. Hey, you say, the weather was strange that year - there was no water in the drought, and the green onions and leaves in the field were yellow, and I felt distressed! Finally, every night I went to the field to pull two buckets of water, and poured the onions one by one, and I was afraid that the water would be wasted, so I used a small shovel to block the water - only let the water seep into the green onion roots, and so on every day, every day, until the day of harvest! Luckily, there was no snow at the time, and if there was a heavy snowfall, my onion would be finished! ”

"How did it sell in the end?" Zhiyuan asked.

"Hahaha...... Good sell! My green onion is thick and big, and it is beautiful! One on top of the other, two of them - what about talking! At this time, the old horse was bathed in the excitement of the year: "I drove with your mother, and only went to one village a day to sell, and I received a lot of money for a lot of wheat, oops...... I made hundreds of nets! ”

"Grandpa, did the person who stole it catch later?"

"Hehe, what are you going to do! I reported the case to the police station and left, but there was no follow-up! Tell me how to check this? Later, at the end of the month, I heard from Fan Wa in the village that there was a big gathering in the town next to us in Pucheng County that year, and there was a green onion seller there, and his green onion was very thin and small, and Fan Wa said that it looked like it! Your grandfather and I rode bicycles to see it, and the man was from the next village, and when he saw me, he quickly dodged - I thought it was him! If we meet on the road in the next few decades, how can he have the face to see me! Abominable and pitiful! In fact, who doesn't know these things later? He couldn't hold his head up for this! Boy, do you think it's a good deal? ”

"Hmm." Tsai nodded.

Lao Ma continued: "Anyway, I kept planting this kind of that, growing it myself and selling it myself, I can't talk about how rich I am, it's much better than other families only planting rape wheat!" I was also the first in the village to have an orchard, planting three acres of apples. Exhausted! I look at the orchard every day, and I sleep in the field more than at home! Thankfully, there were a few dogs to help! Later, I was the first to raise pigs in bulk - I raised ten pigs, and the pigs made thousands of dollars after giving birth to cubs! Later, he became the village chief and began to lead everyone to work in the orchard, raise pigs and chickens, and this busy 20 years have passed. Now the village is full of grapes, winter dates, apples, and pears...... Not planned yet? Everyone discussed planting together, but only one family planted in the village, and he didn't dare, afraid of people stealing and afraid of people! The whole village is planted, okay, everyone is relieved! ”

Lao Ma saw that Zhiyuan and Zai Zai listened carefully, and said: "Now the average annual family income of Majiatun is much better than that of several surrounding villages, and they can't learn it!" I am very familiar with those experts from the county agriculture and forestry department, and I don't understand anything wrong with the fruit, so call them immediately! After living in the countryside all my life, I tell you: this man, you have to treat farming as a mess, and a fool will also farm the land, then he will farm for a lifetime and be poor for a lifetime, and plant for three generations and be poor for three generations; But if you look at agriculture as a serious job, it's not just someone who can do it well! You say that one acre of grapes, why do people sell it for 30,000 yuan, and your family can only sell it for 8,000! People mistakenly mistake people for a year, and farming is grinding! I don't think it's wrong to do anything, if you don't live a good life, you will definitely toss you! The better people live, the better this life will be! ”