"Auntie, you can take a break, I'll do these things." Si Chu grabbed Yun Ying's healthy hand and pulled her to the chair next to the TV in the living room and sat down.

"Child, it's so hard for you, I have to trouble you to come and work. Hey, I don't have a specific medicine for rheumatoid arthritis like this. ”

Lin Sichu cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks on the dinner table and asked, "Auntie, have you ever tried moxa therapy?" ”

"Ai Xi?" Yun Ying looked at her little niece in surprise, her left hand was habitually raised to her waist, trembling slightly, and her right foot limped when she walked. This posture has been forced to maintain for nearly ten years, and she has seen many doctors and taken many medicines, but she has not been able to cure this stubborn disease.

Hey, when you were young, you were brave, and when you are old, retribution comes.

The Liu family will plant some seasonal vegetables in the self-reserved land opposite the creek at the head of the village every year, and when it comes to the harvest season, Yun Ying when she was young always goes to the field to pick vegetables to sell at about two o'clock in the morning, the creek has no bridge, the stream is not deep, only not above the ankles, she carries the burden of two baskets full of vegetables, and always has to cross the stream barefoot.

This arthritis, I'm afraid it fell at that time!

Knowing this, when I crossed the stream, I should have bought a pair of pants to wear. It's too late to regret it now.

"Auntie, I saw an old Chinese medicine doctor in his forties on the Internet who opened a Boke, and there were many articles on that Bock that talked about the use of moxa to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Do you want to try it? ”

"Is there such a thing?"

"I'll go online another day to help you choose some Chen Ai and moxa utensils to come back, how about you go to Ai for a while?"

"Good! If it can cure my stubborn disease, then it will be the best. Yun Ying looked at Si Chu's busy back in the kitchen, her eyes full of love.

This child, since his father went up the mountain to quarry and had an accident, his mother Lijun couldn't resist his parents' arrangement, and found an honest man to remarry the next year.

Si Chu was in that new home, the girl was against her everywhere, and during the time when Radisson was pregnant with the second treasure for her stepfather, she was still very good, and Si Chu was so angry that she went back to Meihua Village.

Meihuazhuang was originally a village full of plum blossoms, the village is located in the northwest suburbs of Jincheng, and the pine and cypress garden are equally famous.

The people in the plum blossom village prefer to plant plum blossoms, and every winter, this small village in the north of the southern country will have scattered light snow in the coldest season.

Every household in the plum blossom village will plant a few plum trees in the courtyard, except that the plum blossom village also has a cement road that runs through the whole village, and the road is full of plum blossoms on both sides.

In the snowy day, the plum blossom blooms like snow, the plum and the snow contrast with each other, and the scenery has become another victory in Jincheng.

Plum Blossom Garden is also a very poetic place to live in the elegant name, that Si Chu's father Yumo was originally an elegant scholar, that year the college entrance examination failed, he did not want to repeat the study, worked for two years, bought a tractor, and ran the transportation.

Less than five years after getting married, Yumo approved a piece of land in the village and built a two-story farmhouse garden.

Every midwinter, the plum blossoms bloom like snow, and the petals fly after opening, and the jade model will take her daughter to collect a lot of plum blossoms, dry them, and use them to make plum blossom cakes before the year.

In that year, the aroma of plum blossom cake overflowed the entire plum blossom village......

However, today, the past is gone, how can it be pursued.

Hey, Sichu, this hard-working child.

Fortunately, the eldest brother and second brother love her very much, and give her more or less financial support in life.

Si Chu, this child has been very independent since he was a child, and when Lijun remarried, she was only about eleven years old, so she was asked to go to live at the eldest brother and second brother's house, she liked to live alone in Meiyuan.

There was no way, everyone had to let her go, fortunately, the house of the eldest brother and the second brother was next door to her house, and the front and back of the Meiyuan house were also next to the house. In the countryside, the law and order are good. She usually has to go back to her parents' house in the air, and she always has to go to her house to see, but she is fine.

Among these relatives, the one who cares most about Sichu is Shiqing's child, Shiqing is the son of the eldest brother, only four years older than Sichuzhong, but he takes care of Sichu like a little adult.

He accompanied Sichu to stay in Meiyuan, tutored her in her studies, and helped her deal with some trivial matters in life

That jade model is actually not her own brother, he is a comrade-in-arms of his father's generation, so Sichu has no blood relationship with their Lin family.

Si Chu and Shiqing knew this from a young age.

That year, after graduating from Shiqing College, he made his relationship with Sichu public at home, wanting to marry Sichu, but his brother and sister-in-law refused-

The daughter of the village branch secretary fell in love with Shiqing, and the girl was beautiful and clever.

If Shiqing can marry the only daughter of the old branch secretary, his future life will be like a spring breeze.

However, Shiqing is a dead eye, and he insists on being with Miss Sichu.

His family objected, so he simply stopped taking the teacher application exam, bought a tractor, and ran the transportation, so that he could compete with the old branch secretary's mediocre family, and at the same time earn money to pay for Sichu, who went to college.

With his sponsorship, Sichu completed four years of undergraduate education in primary education.

"Auntie, where is the flour?" A crisp question interrupted her train of thought, it was Miss Sichu.

"Flour?"

"Auntie, don't you have to make dumplings every winter, let's find out the flour, knead it, and ferment it at night, so that we can make dumplings tomorrow." Si Chu said.

It is the custom of Shihe Village to make dumplings during the New Year, which Sichu has known since she was a child, and every year before she came over, she always had to help her aunt make dumplings before returning to Meihuazhuang.

"Hey, look at my memory. The flour was sitting in the kitchen closet, and your uncle came back in the morning after buying five catties, so make it all! ”

"Great!" Si Chu responded cheerfully, turned around and went into the kitchen, took the flour from the closet, put it in a black-brown porcelain basin, mixed it with water, took the chopsticks, and stirred it in the flour with water.

"Si Chu, is Shiqing still driving a tractor?" Yun Ying asked.

As if replying to her question, the sound of a tractor maneuvering sounded outside the door.

The two nephews glanced at each other.

Soon, the tractor's engine stopped at the doorway.

"I'll go see who it is." Si Chu threw the chopsticks in his hand and walked out of the kitchen.

The figure of the young man who came towards her was so familiar that it made her scream.

"Brother Qing, why are you here?"

Shiqing is about 1.7 meters tall, not tall, but his face is very handsome, especially when he focuses on people, his eyes reveal an unusually firm look.

"I pulled the goods here today, and at the end of the year, I thought that you would come to my aunt's house to help as usual, so I stopped by."

Shiqing pulled down the cotton gloves in his hand, folded them together, and held them in his right hand.

"Brother Qing, I got a job." Si Chu took Shiqing's hand and led him to the house.

"Oh, what a job, tell me about it."

There, Yun Ying stood up slightly, turned to the door, and looked at the little couple who were childhood sweethearts.

"I work in a childcare center."

"Aren't you going to take the job test? Chu Chu, after all, the childcare center is a privately run tutoring institution, and no matter how well you mix there, you are not a public official. ”

"It's just a temporary livelihood." Si Chu pursed her mouth, she turned her head to look at her aunt's face facing the TV, quickly stood on tiptoe, and imprinted a kiss on Shiqing's face, "Brother Qing, don't you drive a tractor, okay?" ”

"This is my livelihood, how can I not open it?" Shiqing glanced at Si Chu, what's wrong with this little cousin today, however, Si Chu is weird to pee elves, at this moment, I don't know what kind of ghost idea will come out of her little head, "If my brother doesn't drive the tractor, what will he do in the future?" Let's hear it. ”

"Brother, I see that the principal of our childcare center can make money for childcare! And you don't have to run in the wind and rain all day long, why don't we also set up a nursery school to try. ”

"This, I'm afraid it's inappropriate! Someone is already doing it, and if we go to make peace again, I'm afraid there will be nothing to gain. Yun Ying, who was sitting on the side, interjected.

"Auntie, running a childcare education is like doing business, and many parents are looking for tutors for their children, and they are also shopping around. What's more, the Zhuyin District Nursery Education Center is currently only one "Red Bud", and if we run another one, there will be great market benefits! Si Chu was anxious and argued.

"That being said, it's easier said than done. We still have to find teachers to run a nursery school, and we don't know many people in this Zhuyin District, so where to recruit so many teachers. Shiqing shook his head stubbornly.

"Brother Qing, do you plan to drive a tractor for the rest of your life?" Si Chu raised his voice, "If you drive a tractor for the rest of your life, then your four-year undergraduate will really be in vain." Don't you want to apply for a job as a public teacher at all? ”

"You're all in the nursery school, why am I still applying for a public office?" Shiqing whistled, "Let's be a specimen farmer in peace." ”

"Before, you drove a tractor to save money for me, but now that I have graduated from college, what are you still driving a tractor for? Brother Qing, it's time for you to think about your future. ”

"When I applied for a teacher, after I took up my post, I would earn a salary of about 2,000 yuan a month. Chu Chu, haven't you always wanted to renovate your hometown's house? With that little salary, if you want to renovate your house, you don't know if you have to wait until the Year of the Monkey. I'll drive a tractor for another 10 or 8 years, and we'll soon be able to save enough money to renovate the Plum Garden. ”

Plum blossom garden, plum blossom garden! Si Chu muttered.

Yes, it's time to renovate it—

There is the trajectory of her childhood life.

Plum blossoms, childhood laughter, father's love, mother's care.

All this disappeared without a trace after his father's accident.

Only the patches of plum groves and the familiar scenery in the garden are reminiscent, and in every midnight dream, disturbing people and wetting pillows.

Yes, she wants to renovate that plum garden, she no longer wants to look at things and think about people, and she no longer wants to indulge in the sorrow of the past.

She wants to be happy, she wants to make herself happy.

"Brother Qing, listen to me, I am now working in the nursery education center, and I will soon find some skills in running classes. When the time comes, when we run the class, we will take the public office application examination while working. By the time we had earned enough money to build a house, we were hired for a job at a primary school before we were about 30. Wouldn't that be the best of both worlds? ”

"So that's what you're going to do?" Shiqing scratched his head, "Cheng, just do as you say." Then when everything is ready, I will throw this tractor away and accompany you to the nursery. ”

"That's it." Si Chu raised his eyebrows, and a layer of blush surged up on his pretty face, "I am now working in the childcare center, and when I come down during the summer vacation, I should have a salary income of nearly 10,000 yuan, excluding expenses, I will save about 5,000 yuan." Brother Qing, you have a deposit in your hand. ”

"20 thousand. Is it enough? ”

"You earn a few more months, that's enough." She patted her head: "Brother Qing, have you eaten, do you want to order some noodles for you." ”

"I've eaten outside." Shiqing replied.

"Will you stay so late?" Sichu asked.

"I think I have to go, there is still a trip here in Zhuyin District, I will take it to Jincheng by the way, and I can save early tomorrow."

This is Shiqing, always so diligent. His diligence is the type of race against time! It is incomparable to ordinary people.

"Okay, I'll send you out." Si Chu put the kneaded dough into an aluminum pot, covered the pot, and let it rise.

"It's late, it's cold outside, and it's warmer for you to stay inside."

"No, I'm going to go out with you." Si Chu twisted his body.

Shiqing shook her head helplessly, with a smile in her mouth, and pinched her right earlobe lovingly.

She took his hand, and naturally put her hand into the crook of his arm, and carried him to the courtyard, where he leaned over and landed a gentle kiss on her forehead.

She stood there, wrapping her arms around his waist, a little reluctant, until he broke her hand and gently pushed her away.

She followed a few more steps, and she watched him pull open the door to the cab, watched him start the motor, watched him turn the steering wheel, until the familiar back disappeared into the night, then she turned and walked into the courtyard, slowly plugged in the deadbolt, and walked down the hall.