The crisp sound of a rooster crowing broke the chaotic dream, and Guo Pengbin slowly woke up, what time is it now......

On the first night he came back to the village, he didn't plan to sleep, at least not so deeply, just rest, because he had to pay attention to the movement outside, and he had to watch the news of the world on the Internet, and he knew that it was not settled yet.

It's just a day of driving, and he's really tired, and he doesn't know when he fell asleep, and then slept until now......

Guo Pengbin opened his eyes and saw that it was already early in the morning outside the house, and he was slightly startled, "Wife? He looked around, there was no one else in the yellow mud house, "Little tiger head? Vegetable girl? "My wife and two children are gone, and some of the unfinished luggage is quietly left in place.

He hurriedly got up from the wooden bed, and without even turning off the fan that made the unpleasant noise, he ran out of the house, his anxiety rapidly increasing, and some messy and inexplicable horrific scenes mixed with the blood-colored scenes of New York in the news video churned through his mind...... Don't, don't do anything......

Rushing out of the yellow mud house, Guo Pengbin looked around, but he still couldn't see anyone, what was going on......

He rushed to another yellow mud house next to him, the door was not closed, and he looked inside, there was no one; He ran to the village again, shouting, "Wife, wife!? ”

At this time, before he could completely go crazy, he suddenly saw his wife walking back from that side with the two children who were jumping and jumping.

"Ah......" Guo Pengbin almost collapsed to the ground, his heart was still uncomfortable, and he couldn't stretch it out for a while, so he walked up and said urgently: "Where have you been?" ”

"Uncle Quan told us to go to breakfast." Yu Qi was a little surprised, but she could immediately understand her husband's worries, so she explained: "Now Uncle Quan will take your mother and my parents to the field to have a look, here are some hard-boiled eggs, bring them to you to eat, we have all eaten them." ”

"Why don't you wake me up!" Guo Pengbin was really angry, and only then did he notice that she was carrying a bag of eggs in her hand, all of which were domestic chicken eggs.

"I screamed, but I couldn't wake up." Yu Qi was really helpless, "No matter what you call it, you still said that you should sleep for a while, sleep for a while...... When I saw that you were so tired, I told you to go back to sleep. Don't be surprised, nothing happened. ”

Guo Pengbin took a deep breath, nodded, and followed the few of them back to the house, before brushing their teeth and washing their faces.

"Daddy, Daddy," the little tiger head shouted, "shall we also raise a few chickens to lay eggs?" ”

"Good!" The vegetable girl is also quite looking forward to it, "Raise!" And the dogs! ”

"yes, Dad, let's get a dog." Xiaohutou begged again, "Grandpa Hong's dog mother just gave birth to a litter of dog babies, let's bring one to raise, and my mother agreed, okay?" The vegetable girl also nodded again and again, "You want to raise a dog." ”

Guo Pengbin glanced at his wife and saw her nodding, but he actually understood her intentions, "Okay, raise them all." ”

Now that he has moved back to the village, he will live for at least a year and a half or more, so it is good to have some chickens, ducks and dogs, and his mother can take care of those chickens and ducks, and raise a dog to not only guard the door, but also be a pet for the two children, and accompany them into the rural environment.

Sure enough, as soon as they heard him agree, the two children immediately cheered, and they both excitedly shouted to kiss their father.

Guo Pengbin squatted down and leaned over, both cheeks were kissed by his son and daughter, and he also laughed, looking at the smiles on the faces of the two children, watching them dance, the warmth in his heart was even stronger, it was worth it, it was worth it......

"Don't wash your face and brush your teeth yet." Yu Qi smiled, the dark circles under her eyes indicated that she didn't sleep well last night, but compared to yesterday's sad appearance, she seemed to have more energy to cheer up, "I still have to be busy today, I have to clean inside and outside the house, the wires have to be checked, the stove has to be cleaned, there are too many things." ”

"yes." Guo Pengbin knew that his wife was puffing up, as a mother of two children, she was not a fragile person, and her strength also made him more energetic, so he didn't say anything, quickly brushed his teeth and washed his face, ate a few eggs, rolled up his sleeves and started working.

After a while, the three old men returned, brought back some farm tools, and joined the sweep.

The weeds in the yard outside the house were first cut off with a sickle, and then the ground was leveled with a hoe, and the water tanks and firewood were reorganized; The cobwebs and dust in the house had to be completely removed, and a few uncles came to help, bringing two new light pipes to help them replace them, so that the house would be brightly lit at night.

From this early morning, it was busy until noon, and everyone moved to Uncle Quan's house to eat, and Sister-in-law Quan made a big pot of rice.

The people living in the village are all middle-aged and elderly, and they all know each other, and as long as the neighbors see their group, they will join in the excitement and ask how to come back to live. Guo Pengbin showed enthusiasm and politeness, and had long instructed his family to do the same, and to have a good relationship with neighbors when living in the village.

After lunch, although Guo Pengbin was reluctant to go out, there were indeed some things that needed to be bought back in order to improve the living environment of the house, so he took Uncle Bo, who knew a little about water and electricity, to drive to the town, and bought all the things as quickly as possible, and then rushed back to the village, all the way in fear, fortunately nothing happened.

When I returned to the village, I met another family and drove back to the village, also with a large bag.

Because it was daytime, a few villagers watched around it, and there was Uncle Bo in it, and Guo Pengbin got out of the car and asked to know that it was Uncle Delin's son who also moved back to live.

"Rongqin?" Guo Pengbin looked at it, wasn't Uncle Delin's son his elementary school classmate, and when he saw the middle-aged man, he really recognized it, "Li Rongqin!" ”

He and Li Rongqin had a good time when they were children, but their relationship gradually faded after entering junior high school. I really haven't gotten together for more than ten years, and I saw it last time I came back to Qingming to worship my ancestors, so I recognized it, after all, everyone has changed a lot from when they were young and young.

"It's been a long time." He walked up and sighed with a smile, feeling a little more stable in his heart, as if he was floating in the river with a log in his arms, and grabbed more planks.

"Guo Pengbin!" Li Rongqin also recognized him, and the smile he showed was also complicated and indescribable, "You're back too?" ”

"Yes, come back to live ......" Guo Pengbin nodded heavily and patted the other party's shoulder, and Li Rongqin also patted him, and the two had the same feeling at the moment.

Then, Li Rongqin introduced his wife and children, a son Xuanxuan, who is five years old this year, is a little afraid of life, and when he asked him to call someone, he hugged his mother's leg and refused to speak. Guo Pengbin asked them not to force the children, and said sincerely that this is good, the little tiger head and the vegetable girl have playmates.

Li Rongqin's parents were alive and greeted them, and his parents-in-law also came, and the family was also busy.

So after the two men chatted a few words here in the village, they went to each other first, and there was a lot of time to get together in the days to come.

Guo Pengbin returned to his yellow mud house with the things he bought, and sent back the news, Yu Qi was suddenly a little relieved, the two children were already looking forward to the playmate, Yu Qi said that he would visit again when they were almost busy tomorrow.

At dinner that evening, Uncle Quan came over and asked Guo Pengbin to take a look at the fields. It's been a day since I came back, and I should go and see it, Uncle Quan said.

There are many fields around the village settlement, and since these old people are still farming, the fields are not wasted, and in this summer, the fields with rice are about to be harvested, and everywhere is a golden patch, and when the wind blows, it seems to carry the fragrance of rice.

"Uncle Quan, when are these fields going to be harvested?"

Guo Pengbin followed Uncle Quan to the dirt road on the edge of the field, he was both familiar with and unfamiliar with farm work, and the farm work at home was all done by his father Zhang Luo, even if he participated in it, that is, his father asked him to help as much as he wanted, and he didn't know too much.

"A few more days." Uncle Quan looked at these rice fields that had grown, and there seemed to be a soft light in his eyes, "This year's grass is ripe." ”

"Then I'll help you cut it together." Guo Pengbin said again, "I have to find something serious to do here." ”

At this time, he looked at the other side quite far away, Li Rongqin and his father Uncle Delin were also walking around the fields, and when they saw that the other party had also noticed him, they beckoned and said hello.

Thinking that Li Rongqin also thought the same way, he came back to live in the village, so he lived in a down-to-earth manner.

"Peng Bin." Uncle Quan said his plans as he walked, his dark face was very serious, "Listen to me, I told your mother." These acres of land originally belonged to your father, but he left early, so he fell to me, and ploughed together with my own acres. Now that you come back to live in the village and want to find some farm work to do, these few acres of land will be given back to you. These acres of grain are not worth a lot of money, I heard you say that the situation outside is not good, and I have also read some news, I mean, let's not sell these grains first, maybe there will be time when there is money to buy food. I used to be hungry, and I knew how uncomfortable it was to be hungry, and in the days of our father-in-law, it was common for the landlord to sell his sons and daughters for a bag of grain, so I said that these grains would not be sold, and we would save them. I'll try to call your cousins back. This field can be planted again this year, and when the harvest is completed, it depends on whether it will be sold or not. You tell me? ”

"Okay, good ......" Guo Pengbin nodded again and again when he heard it, Uncle Quan said these words made him both moved and agreed, this old farmer who has been facing the loess with his back to the sky for most of his life has a unique consideration for the changes in the world, "According to what Uncle Quan said, don't sell the millet, keep it...... We plough these fields together......"

"If you are willing to plow, you will plough many fields." Uncle Quan pointed around, "But plowing the fields is very hard. ”

"Hard work is not a problem." Guo Pengbin smiled and looked at the golden rice fields, "As long as the family can be safe and not hungry, what's the point of working hard...... Uncle Quan, I now understand why my father was always reluctant to let go of these fields......"

He didn't know if the turmoil outside would suddenly spread to the village one day, but looking at the rice fields in front of him, he felt a real hope in his heart.

With these rice fields, with these lands, you can live.

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