12. Summer

In the scorching summer, a gust of wind blows through people as if a hot steamed bun is stuffed in their mouths, hot and stuffy, the hard-working farmers and uncles take advantage of the sun has not yet risen to start working, in the afternoon are looking for a shady place to rest, sleep, the afternoon sun is not so strong, and then continue to work, the children also come out to help, the children who have nothing to do in the summer vacation can work to help their parents reduce some of the burden, the children who do not work are children, no one at home is watching, they are simply taken to the field.

This year, the Qi family opened another piece of land not far from the Stone River, and there are more and more children, and the land allocated by the state is barely enough to eat. The year before last, the national policy was issued, and the wasteland here can be given free land rent, and the above did not say how many years, how much can every family open, if it is not necessary to rent the land, everyone will not go to the stone river to open up the wasteland, especially next to the river loop, the basic water rises every year, and it is not collected for ten years. This year is really good, there is no rain, no less, it can almost be a good harvest year. The Qi family opened almost three acres of land (more than 30 acres) on the edge of the Hetao, who let the family have a carriage, these two years have been opened one after another, but the four brothers of Qi are tired, especially Qi Laosi, when he is planting, he is going to come back to farm, and then go to the construction site to work after planting, he can't rest for a day, the three brothers also have a busy farmer, he has to work all year round, but the income has increased in recent years, and Daddy Qi will not let his son be a lazy man. There are also three plots of land in the Hetao, almost more than two yuan, these lands can only be exempted from rent for three years, the place is relatively better, plant some corn and sorghum or something, you can harvest a lot every year, unlike the outside of the Hetao, a few more rains are basically abandoned in a year, plus the land divided by the state, life is still passable. The Qi family is not very much land, who let Qi's father have four sons and three superbirths, the state also takes back a lot of land, and if you don't respond to the national policy, you will be fined, and the Qi family has no money to pay the fine, so they will receive some land. This year, Qi Laosi did not return to the field after he was busy in the spring, the driver's salary on the construction site has risen, Qi Laosi is in charge of letting Qi Laosi drive to go, Qi Er's sister-in-law's work Qi Laosi has not resigned, and the family earns more cash is also a little guaranteed, let Qi Lao Er Qi and Qi Lao San go to the field, Qi Lao Boss did not farm this year, his work is basically stable, if he comes back to farm and work is not guaranteed, Qi Lao Dad measured the income of farming and work, let him go to work hard, earn more is a point. Qi Lao Er took Qi Lao San and his family, and led a group of children to work on the edge of the Hetao, and the three adults were tired and didn't want to breathe, so they rushed to sleep in the shade of the tree at noon.

The children of the Qi family were led by Qi Baichuan to bathe by the river.

Qi Baichuan can already be an adult, and the work in the field is no less than that of his second uncle and third uncle, Qi San's sister-in-law feels sorry for the child, and after doing it for a while, let him lead the younger brothers to find a place to play, Qi Baichuan can also rest for a while, Qi Baifeng and Qi Baijun are also older, but they are not as stable and sensible as his brother, but they can't point to anything in the field, and they propose to take a bath by the river at noon.

This group of children grew up by the river since childhood, there is no one who can't know water, Qi Baichuan is only five years old, and there is nothing to do in the river, Qi Baichuan is still not at ease, and he doesn't let them swim away, so he soaks by the river.

Qi Baifeng and Qi Baijun will backstroke and breaststroke for a while, and then change to a freestyle, showing their various water skills, the little brothers below are envious one by one, and they are learning behind them, Qi Baichuan is like a water rescue team, and he will see Qi Baiyue swimming far away, and quickly catch it back, and he will see Qi Baizhang Zha Mengzi quickly swim over and pick it up, watching and listening to all directions, but also not idle, and the children who are tired of swimming are lying on the grass on the riverbank with their bare buttocks basking in the sun, and they have become black monkeys at noon, Qi Baifeng and Qi Baichuan saw that their younger brothers had gone ashore, so they scooped up gala (clams) in the river, and if they were lucky, they could catch a fish with their shirts. Qi Baichuan is also a half-grown child, happily competing with his younger brother to catch fish and touch the gara, and the rest of the little radish heads are watching their trophies on the shore. The leisurely lunch break was over, Qi Baichuan threw his younger brother to Qi Baifeng and ran to work in the field, Qi San's sister-in-law also complained about why Qi Laosi didn't find a class for her, farming was too hard and tiring, and was sprayed back by Qi Laosan, "How can there be those classes, it's not good to plant land if you have land, besides, isn't it the fourth brother to come first, the eldest brother's children are all older, at that time, my mother asked you to go for her for a few days, you are afraid that your mother will not give you wages, you don't go, be careful that there are a lot of good things a day, and you want all kinds of good things, tell you, don't gossip about your mother." Qi San's sister-in-law replied angrily, "I'll just talk about it, look at your death!" I didn't go to rob my second sister-in-law, I didn't think about finding a class to earn more, and how much income I could earn from farming. Our children are small, but there are many, and our sons will not marry daughters-in-law in the future, and it doesn't cost money to go to school! Why, don't let me speak! "The third sister-in-law is a pungent one, and she is not scared of the third child at all.

Qi Laosan didn't say anything else when he was scolded, and thought to himself, "Tiger old lady, the fourth child can find work for the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law, can I find it for you, I'd rather fall into a group than leave one behind, and stop waiting." Qi Laosan knew that his daughter-in-law still understood things, but her temper was too impatient, and she didn't have the same knowledge as him。。。。。。

A day of field life did not let the children understand the hard work of their parents, they had too much fun, Qi Baiqian deliberately found Qi Ziqiang in the evening to share the beauty of the day, Qi Ziqiang was envious, he ate well in Fang Hong, and had books to read, but the child's nature is to play freely, it is too boring to be locked up at home, and it is too boring to be able to play with the stupid eighth uncle in the afternoon every day. Silly Ba was the fool who was arranged by Uncle Qi to enter Fang Hong's warehouse, Fang Hong left him behind, he was okay to see the house, and he didn't miss a bite to eat. Qi Ziqiang decided to follow Qi Baichuan and them to play in the field tomorrow, and begged Qi Lao Si and Qi Lao Er to take her.

"Girl, how good it is to stay at home, you can go to the field to dry, there is nothing, what can you play." Qi Laosi was depressed.

"Go swimming, big brother and they will all do, I'm going too, Dad。。。。。。" Qi Ziqiang opened his innocent eyes, looked at Qi Laosi's heart, and went to his second brother's house with Qi Ziqiang in his arms.

In the end, it still didn't work, it's nothing to bring more children, the bicycle can't be loaded, the Qi family only has three bicycles, Qi Laosan and Qi Laoer can take three by riding a 28 car, and the remaining two are pulled by Qi San's sister-in-law, which really can't be installed.

Qi Ziqiang pouted and went home with Qi Laosi, Teacher Wang didn't have time to take care of the two of them, and happily studied the floral cloth given by Sister Wang, planning to stay up late these days to make a flower skirt by himself.

When Qi Ziqiang slept at night, he was still depressed, Qi Laosi was distressed, and while Qi Ziqiang was asleep, he kissed several times on the door of the head, and Mr. Wang pouted for a while.

"You can't get used to it, you're still used to it, you want to get used to it, if you can't go, don't go, how good is it in Xiaofang, thank them before school starts, and give them something?" Teacher Wang also kissed Qi Ziqiang's head, striving to be a good mother.

"I'm used to it, my daughter is sensible, I just said I can't go, and I didn't make trouble, but I'm not very happy, sensible! Xiao Fang, I'll arrange it, don't worry about it. Qi Laosi, who had been tired for a day, didn't continue to talk, turned over and fell asleep.

The next day, Qi Ziqiang still got his wish.

Fang Hong took Qi Ziqiang to watch "Solving Words" for a morning, Qi Ziqiang studied seriously, nothing special, but Fang Hong just felt that Qi Ziqiang was very irritable, and only after asking did he know that Qi Ziqiang's children were thrown down by the army, too, Fang Hong and Qi Ziqiang were indeed wronged at home, the children were playing outside, and usually a few children could be seen at the door chasing me on the street, only Qi Ziqiang was in the house, but Qi Laosi specially told Fang Hong, don't let Qi Ziqiang play alone with other people's children, Fang Hong didn't ask why, he had a little guess in his heart, and resolutely carried out Qi Laosi's advice, but it was not a problem to always be circled like this.

"Qiangzi, uncle is taking you there?" Fang Hong rubbed Qi Ziqiang's head and asked.

"Did you find it?" Qi Ziqiang looked at Fang Hong with a little excitement.

Fang Hong's face flushed, and he really didn't seem to be able to find it.

"Walking along the river, you can always see it, right?" Fang Hong said uncertainly.

"Great, uncle, let's go!" Qi Ziqiang said that he had put on his shoes and ran out.

Fang Hong took some fruit snacks, some straw hats and clothes for sun protection, and drove to the stone river.

The two asked all the way along the way. It took half an hour to find the Qi family's large army.

After lunch, the sun was in full bloom, a group of children of the Qi family were swimming in the river, and the sound of frolicking could be heard from a distance, Qi Ziqiang greeted his brother outside the car window, no one heard, she didn't stop, and Fang Hong wanted to cover his ears with both hands.

All three adults slept in the shade of the trees in the afternoon, completely undisturbed by the noise.

The car couldn't drive ahead, Fang Hong led Qi Ziqiang to walk in the direction of Qi Baichuan, Qi Ziqiang walked a few steps and threw Fang Hong off Fang Hong used his fastest speed to run to the front, and began to undress without saying a word.

Fang Hong saw that Qi Ziqiang was so stripped that he had only his little pants left, and he didn't have time to stop it, Qi Ziqiang had already gone to the river to make intimate peace with Qi Baichuan.

Qi Baichuan laughed, and Qi Baijun took Qi Ziqiang's hand and began to teach her to swim by the river.

Fang Hong was also tickled, but he was a landlubber.

"Uncle Fang, come down, it's cool in the water." Qi Baichuan called Fang Hong.

"I can't swim." Fang Hong said with a smile.

"Come, I'll teach you, we'll all do." Qi Baichuan warmly invited.

Fang Hong thought about it, took off his clothes and went down, just along the side, he didn't dare to go forward where he crossed his waist.

Qi Ziqiang learned to swim under the careful guidance of several elder brothers, and he was happy in the water, but Fang Hong didn't understand it after studying for a long time.

Fang Hong, who was afraid of death and tiredness, didn't dare to continue trying for a while after grabbing his saliva, Qi Ziqiang choked on several mouthfuls of water, raised his head and continued to swim in the water, the progress was fast.

Qi Lao Er and Qi Lao San, who woke up, saw that Fang Hong was coming, and they all came over to say hello.

"Xiao Fang is here, why did this noon come out?" Qi Lao Er said.

"Qiangzi is boring at home, I'll take her out to play for a while, haha, second brother, why don't you come down, it's cool in the water." Fang Hong happily called Qi Er.

"We'll have to shovel the ground in a while, take advantage of the noon break, and we won't go down to pounce, you guys have fun!" Qi Lao Er thought to himself, these two are stunned, everyone is like you, you don't do anything and have money to spend, smiled and turned around and went back to continue to lead Qi Lao San and his wife to shovel the ground.

"Wait a minute, second brother, I brought watermelon, you guys should rest for a while, I'll go get it." Fang Hong said as he climbed out of the water, and ran to the car wearing a pair of flower pants.

I hugged the watermelon, but I remembered that there was no knife.

Qi Lao Er was not polite, he shook the scythe of mowing grass in the river water, everyone ate the watermelon separately, patted his butt after eating the watermelon, and led Qi Lao San and his family to continue to work hard in the field, and the sun did not come back.

Fang Hong, who had been soaking in the water for an afternoon, completely mastered the skills of swimming, and also competed with Qi Baichuan during the period.

This afternoon, the children of the Qi family divided all Fang Hong's snacks like locusts crossing the border, Fang Hong happily invited him to play at his house tomorrow and prepare more snacks for everyone, Qi Baichuan was a little embarrassed that his younger brothers and sisters ate other people's things so unscrupulously, and refused with a shy smile.

The sun was about to set, Fang Hong and Qi Lao Er said hello, and drove the children away, the five-seater car, pulling eight or nine children roaring home, there were bursts of children's cheers in the car--- there was a dirt pit in front, ah~~~