Erxi really stopped moving.

Five or six flower hens smelled safety and no longer hid. They first lowered their heads together, collapsed their waists, flapped their wings and "clucked" and ran wildly shouting all the way, scrambling to be the first to rush to the front, and quickly pecked at them after they surrounded them happily.

After pecking enough, he came to the basin, bypassed the ice cube on the side of the basin, stretched his pointed mouth into the ice cave, shoveled the water and then raised his neck high, and seemed to sing to the sky. After a while, the hens paced leisurely around the yard, some of them cold, and they gathered one of their paws and squeezed into the feathers of their abdomen to warm themselves.

Erxi disliked the cold while waiting, so he kept flocking his big hands and stomping his feet, and walked back and forth eagerly, trying to relieve himself.

"Don't you want to pick up coriander?" The mother raised the burning stick and pointed in the direction of the chicken's feet.

Erxi turned his head, and there was indeed a protrusion in that corner. After walking over and shoveling a few times, the coriander was exposed, picked up 2 bundles, shook off the large lumps of ice and soil, and knocked them on the upper of the shoe, leaving only the verdant hands covered with frost, and then turned around and took them into the outhouse.

The old woman took it, and Mari took it apart and soaked the coriander in water...... Rub it a few times, take it out, and shake it off after controlling the water. Move to the board and place it, cut it into fine pieces, put it in a basin, and pour in the triple oil.

"You can mix it." After the old woman finished greeting, she paced on the stove with half big feet, lifted the lid of the cauldron, and filled the pot with yellow cornmeal tortillas. She shoveled down a few yards and put them on a plate, and brought two more bowls of polenta.

"Let's go." The old woman urged impatiently.

Because she planned to continue to kneel and pray after the meal. She firmly believes that the Bodhisattva can bless the family with constant incense. Thinking of the two calf-like big men of the Daxi family, she was anxious for Erxi in her heart. In the past, there were old men who counted on the old man, but now without the old man, they have to count on the Bodhisattva.

These two joys have been the meat of the old woman's heart since she was a child. He is kind, sensible and quiet, and he has studied in high school, and he is highly educated in a village, so why did he beat a bachelor by mistake?

And this time it has reached more than 40, and when I introduce the object, I either stutter when my old son is nervous, or I dislike the big and small eyes. Some people actually disliked that he had studied in high school, saying that the cultural people were not aggressive, and they were powerless, and they were not good at doing farm work, which indicated that he would suffer and be poor for the rest of his life.

Thinking of this, the old woman's face sank like water.

On the kang head of the east house, there are corn tortillas and porridge on the small wooden table, and there are a few pieces of porridge pot collar that resemble glutinous rice paper on the cake. In the middle of the dilapidated small wooden table, there is also a bowl of jade-like cold coriander, and individual coriander leaves are still glowing with bright purple.

The old woman sat cross-legged on the kang, and the table was steaming hot. Picking up a palm-sized tortilla and chewing it in one bite, the occasional hard edge made her very impatient. The tooth fell out, and he only relied on the hard tooth flesh honed by the tooth socket to grind the tortilla repeatedly, and finally frowned, simply picked off the yellow Ga on the cake, and handed it to Erxi.

The second joy was a burst of joy, and the old mother still remembered that he loved to eat this bite, so he couldn't say that he picked it up and chewed it decisively, and it was as crispy as a child's snack. After eating Huangga, he no longer went to pick up the coriander, for fear of destroying the burnt taste. Sensing the fragrance, Erxi's heart is filled with contentment and joy. Thinking of it soon, there will be a new owner in the family, and the salary will be kept for Peach Blossom Sister in the future, thinking of her tender hands that took a wad of money and the smile like a flower.

Hehe, Erxi was hot all over his body.

When the bread is eaten and the coriander is gone, the porridge is almost drunk. He used his chopsticks to pick open the porridge skin first, and then chewed it thoughtfully. After a few sips, the bottom of the bowl was left with a mush...... The aftertaste is mixed with the metallic smell left by the shovel, and it is endlessly fun.

Within a few days, the lively Spring Festival passed like this.

What is the Spring Festival? It is nothing more than steaming a few more pots of bean paste buns and alkaline flowering steamed buns, and then eating a meal of pork vermicelli cabbage, and on critical days, put 2 hexagrams of small foreign whips. But none of this is enough to be completely happy at the moment. If you want to say that your biggest wish this year is to marry a beautiful daughter-in-law and hug her.

Alas, this dozen singles, in the blink of an eye, became a half-old man in his forties, and the second joy was crooked. Haha, if I marry me successfully, I will definitely serve her beautiful ...... every day Thinking of this, he suddenly surged with inexhaustible strength.

The red couplet on the door frame has not faded, and the hanging money on the window has just been blown away by the north wind, and Erxi has long been unable to hold back the fanaticism in his heart. He couldn't help but step over the wall to urge Daxi to start work, so that he could return to the construction site as soon as possible.

I get up at half past five in the morning...... Erxi took the bus from Hexiwu Station and hurried to the construction site.

At the construction site, only about half of the brothers returned. Leave down the shabby Green Army shoulder, take off the Lei Feng hat, pick up the aluminum lunch box, and hurriedly rush to the canteen. Looking at the door, the loach did not return. Erxi made do with eating all the tasteless meals, and his heart was dark. When he got up early in the morning, he was doing the surveying tasks that the carpenter was responsible for, and he made mistakes several times.

At noon, I went to eat again, and when I saw Zhao Loach at a glance, my heart was full of golden light, "Haha, why did you kid come?" He looked ecstatic, and his big and small eyes shone brightly.

Erxi unprecedentedly vacated his lunch box for the loaches to eat. At this moment, the loach smiled happily and squinted its eyes. How can he make the foreman's younger brother so sincere and enthusiastic?

"Hey, when you go back to Tianjin, I'll ask my cousin that day." He suddenly came to his senses and rushed to report to Erxi.

"How?" Erxi's big and small eyes shimmered with fine light.

"Haha, guess!"

Erxi's face was full of joy, and he covered it, "How do you call it a guess, you kid has something to say and fart, and it's sharp." ”

"Haha, she agreed!"

"Huh?" He couldn't believe that the fairy actually agreed? Ah! When he was ecstatic, he suddenly felt dizzy and tinnitus, unable to breathe, and almost fainted.

"Haha, haha...... Oh, when will I see you again? When did she really get married? When he came to his senses, a series of silly questions popped up one after another.

"You ask me? Who do I ask? ”

"You're a cousin, don't you ask who? Tell me about it, you kid! Erxi pretended to be angry. The loach listened but smiled evilly, looking at Erxi's half-crying face, deliberately teasing.

Unexpectedly, today's loaches not only have no cowardice in the past, but are still ...... Hey, what's the solution? Who makes the family have a woman to be in the boudoir? One is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, and it is logical that the food is all inclusive in the past half a year.

After sighing, there was no real sadness on Erxi's face, he was overjoyed.

"Let me tell you the truth, as soon as May Day this year, her parents agreed to marry her to you! The rest depends on how well or badly you behave. ”

Oh, it seems that there is something in the words, and it really depends on my performance.

"And at the latest, when will you marry me?"

"Eleventh or New Year's Day, or next year."

"Huh? Don't mind! Erxi scratched the skin of his brain, and several strands of his curly dry black and white hair were torn off.

"This is the address of my hometown." Zhao Loach took out a cigarette paper, and there was handwriting on it on its crumpled face. Ah, what a socialist well-behaved ha! Erxi hurriedly snatched it up, checked it and made sure that it was good, like hiding a treasure, and quickly tucked it into the pocket of the cotton clothes.

Night.

Leaving a few people to watch the construction site, Erxi stayed in the temporary house, wrote the first letter, picked up the pen but didn't know what to write, and simply went to the bed. Sure enough, wrapped in the quilt, he surged up.

"Hello Sister Yao! I haven't seen you for many days, how are you doing recently? Think about your beauty, I haven't slept well for a month. I'm thinking about you, but you're thinking about me?

When I was on the construction site in Wangfujing, Beijing, every night when I saw the stars in the sky, I remembered the night I sent you home. At night in the capital, there are also many stars in the sky. Do you have time? I want to date you. Can you come to the construction site? I'd like to invite you to stay with me for a few days, and let's count the stars together, okay? Miss your Kiko brother!

14 February 1982"

It was easy to write, and after reading it again and again, I folded the letter paper vertically and carefully stuffed it into the envelope and got up. After walking for five or six miles, I found the green mailbox. Stuffing the letter in, with a "click" sound, I suddenly felt empty in my hand.

He was a little lost and uneasy, he wanted to leave but turned back, did he make the wrong mistake? In this port and other cities, he worked hard to identify and investigate. After checking, the cat lowered his head and ran to the construction site.

The next day, wake up.

At noon, the loach didn't wait for Erxi to ask for dinner in the cafeteria, he was at the door, shaking his arm at Erxi, who was belated! Yes? He's holding a letter! The two were taken aback, and immediately excited, at the temple, a tendon jumped suddenly, and quickly ran as cheerfully as a puppy.

"Stupid, take it!"

Erxi's heart fell to the ground, he happened to be up and down in the past two days, and he thought it was almost time to reply!

"Haha!"

Erxi, who came back to his senses, jumped up and grabbed it with one hand. After hesitating for a moment, he was reluctant to open it and put it in the dark pocket in his arms.

"Hey? Behold you virtuous ...... I didn't write it, I lost my soul all day, and here it is, and I don't mean it. The loach began to taunt him, big or small, and his mouth was infinitely damaged.

"Eat first!"

After eating quickly, he waited for the loach to finish slowly, and then quickly picked up the empty lunch box, turned his head and ran. I couldn't wait to go back to build the shed and took out the letter. At this time, a lot of workers came in the commotion, and finally Erxi finally held back, hid the letter in a coarse cloth pillowcase, and kept it for the night to weigh the words.

It's easy to get into the night, and finally everyone is asleep, Erxi arches up from the bed, and then grombles to take out the letter and turn on the flashlight...... Suddenly, white waves rolled in the only space, and he shivered and tore open the edge of the envelope. Hehe, shaking off, there was a burst of fragrance on the letterhead, this smell was enough to make Erxi surging for a long time.

"That's all there is to it?" Erxi was suddenly lost, there was no way, and he barely watched it.

"Brother Xizi, I miss you too, as for looking at the stars, my mother said that your stars are the same as mine, there is nothing to see. These days, I have braided a piece of woolen shoulder for you, and a white scarf, which is woven with rods and threads, and it is very soft to the touch.

I'm going to visit you on the construction site on Sunday, about 2 weeks later. ”

(Blank)

It's bare below, and there's no money to be paid for...... This? Erxi was instantly petrified and speechless. But no matter what, thinking about the white hands, dancing bamboo skewers for him, weaving wool shoulders, and scarf...... Winding threads and threading needles, the appearance of fighting under the kerosene lamp, the two are happy.

Love is love, everything is not important, besides, I have been an old bachelor for many years, and I am in my forties, what else do I ask for? He folded his fingers and counted the days, and then he would go to Zhaogongkou long-distance station to pick her up. Then he fantasized about holding Mengyao's little hand and walking around the streets and alleys of Beijing, followed by a large number of sons, desperately calling for his mother and father......