In March, the morning was slightly cool.

After breakfast, Aunt Zhao went to the vegetable field, and the Zhao brothers went to the field to have a look. Huang Dou and Huang Xiaoyu led their two children to Huang Delei's house to milk goats, preparing to bring a bucket back to make snacks for the children.

The village was already noisy at the moment, with chickens and dogs jumping, adults carrying hoes to the ground, and children running around the door, cheering and jumping.

Brother Jing has a group of friends who have a good time, and now Brother Hang is also very familiar with them.

Seeing the two of them come out, a dark and thin little boy shouted, "Brother Jing, come and play." ”

"No, I'm going to the third grandfather's house to milk the goat and make snacks." Brother Jing took Huang Xiaoyu's little hand very arrogantly and said with his head held high.

I heard that I was going to milk goats to make snacks, and a few friends next to me ran over enviously.

A little boy with a snot drag, about seven or eight years old, stretched out his sleeve, wiped it between his noses, and asked loudly, "Can you give me a taste of the dim sum you made, I can catch loaches for you." ”

Brother Jing was still hesitating, Brother Hang was anxious, and shook the hand of the soybean: "Third mother, give him a taste, he is very good at catching loaches." ”

The little boy who was dragging his nose immediately became excited, felt that he was indeed very powerful, and straightened up his thin little chest to look at the soybeans.

Huang Dou touched Brother Hang'er's little head, smiled and said, "When it's done, I will give you and Brother Jing three pieces of snacks, and you have the right to decide whether to eat it yourself or share it with your friends." ”

Brother Hang and Brother Jing nodded ignorantly, holding hands and running towards Brother Ping'an's house.

Let them call the shots, and they have to think carefully about whether to give or not to give, or how to give.

The little friends behind him looked at the little brothers enviously, it was so good, if I were their children, I had a little food every day and shoes to wear.

Huang Delei milked the goat's milk early in the morning, left a bucket at home, gave a bucket of soybeans, and waited for Zhang Xiaohu to carry it.

Everyone seems to be accustomed to cooking with goat's milk and eggs for children in the morning, and adults drink if the children can't finish it, or make a small snack.

However, there are very few dim sums, and most people feel that they don't have that kind of effort.

"Doudou, did Dashan say when he would return to Dongyang County?" Wu Yueniang asked soybeans quietly.

She planned to take the child back to her parents' house for a few days if she returned a few days late.

As soon as I went to Dongyang County, I didn't come back for another year and a half.

Dashan didn't say. What did my brother say? Huang Dou looked at Wu Yueniang.

"I didn't ask your brother, but I asked you, so I have a number in my heart." Wu Yueniang came out with a plate of peanuts from the house, and was about to grab a handful in each of the two children's pockets, while beckoning: "Doudou, Xiaoyu, you eat, this is just fried at home." ”

Huang Dou hurriedly took the peanuts: "Sister-in-law, you give it to me, you can't give them to eat by themselves, it's troublesome to choke." ”

"Look at me, my brain has been confused these days. It's the fault of the third aunt, the third aunt will boil eggs for you. ”

"Third sister-in-law, no need, my mother boiled eggs for them in the morning." Huang Xiaoyu hurriedly stopped and said.

"Third sister-in-law, let's go back first. I boiled the milk, and I couldn't leave it for a long time if it wasn't hot. Saying that, the soybean lifted the goat's milk and went to pull Brother Hang'er's hand.

Seeing that the sister-in-law was going back, Wu Yueniang didn't stop her. With a smile, he sent them to the door: "Brother Jing, Brother Hang, if you don't stay and play with them." ”

The two children looked at their mother and third uncle with blank eyes, they liked to play with Brother Ping'an. Sometimes the second uncle Zhang Xiaohu will bring his brother over, which will be even more lively.

"Okay, you guys play here for a while, you have to listen to your aunt, don't make too much noise, don't run around, you know."

Soybean put down the goat milk bucket, squatted down to straighten the clothes of Brother Hang and Brother Jing, and whispered to the two children. Seeing that they all nodded, they stood up with confidence.

Huang Xiaoyu also touched Brother Jing'er's head and whispered a few words. It is also the two children who are obedient, which is why they are relieved to stay here.

On the way, Huang Dou asked Huang Xiaoyu: "Xiaoyu, have you thought about moving to Dongyang County?" ”

Huang Xiaoyu looked at Huang Dou in surprise: "What's the matter, sister-in-law, what are you doing in Dongyang County?" ”

"It's more prosperous over there than here, and you can make money by doing business or growing vegetables on a random plot of land and selling them."

Huang Xiaoyu thought about it seriously, shook his head and said, "I didn't think about it, it's good here, I'm well fed, I'm warm, and I'm close to my parents." ”

"Then don't you think Zhao Zhuang's side is annoying?" Soybean asked.

"Alas...... Annoying. Huang Xiaoyu sighed: "But what can I do, after all, it is Dachuan's grandmother and aunt, what can I do." ”

"If you go to Brother Jing in Dongyang County, you can also enter Houde Academy, maybe you can take the exam." Soybean continued.

mentioned that Brother Jing would study in the future, Huang Xiaoyu became serious and thought about it carefully: "I haven't thought about it, there is also a private school in Nanshan Town, although it is not as good as Dongyang County, but it also depends on whether Brother Jing is a material for reading." ”

Huang Dou originally thought that Huang Xiaoyu would agree with his mouth, after all, Dongyang County will be the imperial capital in the future, and prosperity is certain. Ordinary people will yearn for it, but she didn't expect Huang Xiaoyu to not want to go.

For a while, soybeans had nothing to say.

After entering the house, boiling goat's milk and making snacks, the two of them were busy in the stove all morning.

By the time the Zhao Dashan brothers stepped into the courtyard, the courtyard was already full of fragrance. Brother Jing and Brother Hang were running and frolicking in the yard, and Aunt Zhao was sitting in the yard picking out the vegetables to be planted.

"How's the wheat in the field?" Aunt Zhao saw the brothers enter the door and couldn't help asking.

As long as Zhao Dachuan goes to the field once, Aunt Zhao is used to asking once, as if asking once is closer to the harvest.

"It's good, last year the wheat was thick, and now it looks like the whole field is full of green ears. If there is no big wind and rain, this year will definitely be a bumper harvest. ”

Zhao Dachuan said as he walked to the well and found a tile to remove the mud from the soles of his shoes. Zhao Dashan didn't get down to the ground for a long time, he had forgotten that he had stepped on the mud on the soles of his feet, and he was just about to enter the house, when he saw Zhao Dachuan's movements, he couldn't help but pat his head, and he also walked over, found tiles and began to remove the dirt from the soles of his shoes.

Aunt Zhao stood up, took out two pairs of shoes from the house, and put them on the ground: "Don't pick it, change it, it's so dirty." ”

The brothers changed into clean shoes according to their words, and Aunt Zhao carried the dirty shoes to the well, ready to wash them after eating.

"It's time to eat." Huang Dou stuck his head out of the stove room: "Brother Jing'er took my brother to wash his hands." ”

Brother Jing immediately took Brother Hang, who was the same age as him and only a month younger than him, to wash his hands and prepare for dinner together.

Zhao Dashan was in a trance for a while, isn't this kind of pastoral life what he has been pursuing?

Today he talked to Zhao Dachuan about whether they wanted to go to Dongyang County, but Zhao Dachuan refused, he felt that they were living a good life now.

Farming, raising children, taking care of loved ones, and never leaving the land where you were born and raised.

Isn't this the idyllic life that he and Doudou have been pursuing? Why did you go farther and farther you go, the more wealth you have, and the more you value your desire for power and gold and silver?

Among them, they have paid too much, and what they have gained is not enough to make up for what they have lost.