According to the customs of western Henan, the full moon wine of newborns is generally held on the 12th day after birth, which is usually called "12 days". In this way, the joy of the baby's newborn life has not yet been dissipated, and 12 days are used to refer to the 12 months of the year, implying that the child has grown up, passed the first difficulty in life, and is away from unclean and unscrupulous disasters.

Zhang Xiaohun's "Twelve Days" was also held on the 12th day after his birth. Early this morning, Zhang Zhiwei, the chief chef of Zhangjiakeng Village, pulled all the items used for the banquet to the courtyard of Zhang Longfei's house early.

Zhang Zhiwei has a big head and a thick neck, which makes people know that he is a chef at a glance. Zhang Zhiwei's father was born to cook well, and once worked as a chef in the Nan'an Hotel in the county seat. Zhang Zhiwei doesn't like to study. At the beginning of elementary school, he was a well-known troublemaker in the school. Zhang Zhiwei dropped out of school early and went home before graduating from junior high school, so he simply followed his father. Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhiwei, who didn't know anything about learning, had a unique experience with pots and pans, ginger vinegar tea. After a long time, he was stunned to learn the true biography of his father. With good cooking skills and Zhang Zhiwei's character, it didn't take long for Zhang Zhiwei to become the chief assistant of Zhangjiakeng Village. Whether it is a wedding, funeral, or birthday celebration, the big and small banquets in the village are all handled by Zhang Zhiwei.

Zhang Longfei saw Zhang Zhiwei packing up, so he walked forward quickly. He took out a cigarette and handed it to Zhang Zhiwei, and the two stood aside and chatted.

At this time, Zhang Zhiwei's wife Liu Erni walked in with a large basket of dishes and chopsticks. Don't look at Liu Erni, she looks thin and small, but her strength is not bad at all. It is not easy to follow Zhang Zhiwei for so many years. At least half of the popularity of Zhang Zhiwei's career is due to Liu Erni's contributions.

Zhang Zhiwei was smoking a cigarette with a click, and at the same time he opened his eyes to look at Liu Erni, who was busy non-stop, his eyes were full of pride. At the beginning, Zhang Zhiwei had just set up his own door and went to Liuzhuang in a neighboring village to organize a wedding banquet. Unexpectedly, as a bridesmaid, Liu Erni fell in love with Zhang Zhiwei at a glance, and with a hot personality, she followed Zhang Zhiwei back to Zhangjiakeng Village that night. It wasn't until a year later that he and Zhang Zhiwei returned to their parents' house with their children in their arms, and they were stunned to obey their parents, who strongly opposed their marriage. Their love story once became the annual talk of Zhangjiakeng Village, spreading all over the south and north of the village.

At this time, Zhang Xichun ran out of the hall with the third sister Zhang Tanchun in a grin. Zhang Tanchun saw that Zhang Zhiwei was talking to his father, so he obediently said hello uncle. Zhang Xichun saw it, and also said hello in a milky voice like her sister.

Zhang Zhiwei was immediately amused by Zhang Xichun's slurred words. He touched Xiao Xichun's head, took out some candy from his trouser pocket, and gave it to the two sisters. Zhang Tanchun thanked him with a smile, and then ran away with his sister to play again.

"Brother, I really envy you, your two daughters are so cute, if I can have such a daughter, I will be satisfied." Zhang Zhiwei looked at the backs of the two little girls and said with envy.

"What's there to envy? You go back and ask for another one with your sister-in-law. Zhang Longfei spit out a smoke ring far away and said lightly.

"I want it, but my sister-in-law doesn't agree with me."

"Then why don't you want it?" Zhang Longfei asked mysteriously. After speaking, he didn't forget to glance at the figure of Liu Erni who was busy in the distance.

"Women, how can there be so many whys? If you don't want to, you don't want it. Their minds are very elusive. ”

"It's also oh, just like when she ran to Zhangjiakeng at night."

Zhang Zhiwei laughed happily when he saw Zhang Longfei mention his original good deeds. "Actually, your sister-in-law, she is holding her breath in her heart. She told me more than once that if she wants to earn more money, she must train her son Zhiguo, let him graduate from college, find a good job, and preferably settle down in Xi'an. In this way, she will have face when she returns to Liuzhuang, and she will be able to block the mouths of those people in Liuzhuang. ”

"How is Zhiguo's studies now?" Zhang Longfei asked casually.

"He, he doesn't have to talk about learning. Last time, his homeroom teacher called me and said that Zhang Zhiguo was a good seedling and a key training object of the school, and he was going to let him sprint to Peking University or Tsinghua University. Zhang Zhiwei mentioned his son, looking very proud.

"That's great, I congratulate you in advance."

"It's still early, Zhiguo is only in his second year of high school, and he will only take the college entrance examination next year. Besides, his mom and I haven't saved up enough. ”

"Good guy, you haven't saved enough, so how much do you have to save?" Zhang Longfei knew that Zhang Zhiwei earned a lot of money every year, and when he saw him say this, he couldn't help but ask in surprise.

Zhang Zhiwei smiled and said leisurely: "This child is older, and he has to spend money everywhere." Since Da Zhiguo went to high school, I have calculated a little that his annual study expenses will not be less than 10,000 yuan. ”

"So much?" Zhang Longfei couldn't help but gasp, thinking of how much his five children would have to cost if they went to high school in the future.

Zhang Zhiwei saw Zhang Longfei's surprised look, so he said with a smile: "There are not many Zhiguo in our family, and there are more students in their class who cost more than him." So, I have to work overtime with your sister-in-law right now and tighten my belt. ”

"That's, that's." Zhang Longfei nodded in response.

At this time, Liu Erni in the distance suddenly stood up and shouted at Zhang Zhiwei to let him pass. Zhang Zhiwei smiled, took a few puffs of the cigarette in his hand, and then threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stepped on it.

When Zhang Longfei saw Zhang Zhiwei turn around and leave, he stared at his back leisurely for a moment. Originally, Zhang Longfei never thought about the children going to school. Usually I think that as long as the children can eat their stomachs and not be hungry and frozen, as for the others, Zhang Longfei can't think of it at all. In addition to leaving the family's rations, the rest of the more than 10 acres of rice that he took care of by himself can also be used to supplement the family. When Lin Miao Shannon is not working, she will also go to the garment factory in the town to do some odd jobs to earn some pocket money. Zhang Longfei felt that he was already very content with such a day, and he never thought about changing anything. Even if he ran back from Wei Zhongsheng's construction site and lost his income of 2,000 yuan a month, he felt that it didn't matter.

It's just that Zhang Zhiwei's words today deeply touched Zhang Longfei's heart. He raised his eyes and scanned his surroundings. The hall house is a three-room tiled house built by borrowing money to marry Lin Miaoxiang ten years ago. The tiled house is a little dilapidated and stained. The roof of the tiled house is even more useless, and the rotten wood is difficult to carve. Every time summer comes, Zhang Longfei has to climb on the roof to repair for half a day. Even so, as long as there is a stormy weather, the roof will leak everywhere. The kitchen on the edge of the hall is still the family property left by Zhang Longfei's father, relying on the "advantage" of low walls and low eaves, it is still standing and exerting residual heat. The front house is said to be a house, but it is better to say that it is a shed, which is a brick and concrete shed built by Zhang Longfei himself, which is usually used to put some farm tools and sundries. The ground in the yard was not even simply hardened, it was simply leveled. On rainy days, the yard gets muddy. However, the flowers and plants in the corner of the yard are very conspicuous, giving people a refreshing feeling. It was a small flower garden that Lin Miaoxiang took care of when she was fine. There are some common flowers and plants planted in the small flower garden, although they are not precious varieties, but they are well organized by Lin Miaoxiang, and they look very pleasing to the eye.

Zhang Longfei sighed slightly, and his heart was gloomy. He walked slowly outside the gate, leaned lazily against the wall, clasped his hands on his chest, and raised his eyes to stare at the old elm tree in front of the door.

The old elm tree grows luxuriantly and is full of life. I heard my father say that this is a sapling planted by Zhang Longfei's grandfather when he was more than ten years old, and it has been more than 30 years. For as long as Zhang Longfei can remember, this elm tree with gray and rough bark and deep cracks has existed in his memory. Blooming in spring and falling fruit in autumn, the old elm tree accompanied Zhang Longfei through year after year.

Zhang Longfei vaguely remembers that when he was a child, Wei Chunhua would always move a ladder when the elm tree was blooming, climb up the elm tree in a slippery manner, and pick up a bunch of tender green elm flowers. In the evening, a faint aroma of elm money rice was placed in front of Xiao Longfei, the golden cornmeal mixed with fresh elm money flowers, the color and flavor were complete, and Xiao Longfei was so hungry that Xiao Longfei drooled. The taste of Yuqian rice has always been with Xiaolongfei throughout his childhood, and later Wei Chunhua was old and couldn't climb the ladder anymore, and the fresh Yuqian rice gradually became Zhang Longfei's memory.

What fascinated Zhang Longfei even more was that the old elm tree was when Yu Qian'er became golden. Every now and then, a breeze blows, and the golden elm money will fall with the wind, flying all over the sky, which is very beautiful. Xiao Longfei shouted excitedly at this time, opened his little hand, and ran in the "Yuqian rain" in the sky. When the elm money is gone, he will grab the fallen leaves on the ground again, hold it in the palm of his hand, hold his breath, blow it suddenly, and the elm money in his palm will rise to the sky again, scattering in all directions, and the little dragon will be so happy that he can't stop yelling.

It's the height of summer. The old elm tree has already flown out of the elm money, and some tender green winged fruits can be faintly seen between the dark green branches and leaves. Zhang Longfei stared at the looming winged fruits leisurely, and his thoughts were full of thoughts.

"Grandma, grandma." Suddenly, Xiao Xichun's milky shout interrupted Zhang Longfei's thoughts. Zhang Longfei turned his eyes and saw that Zhang Xichun had climbed down from the cool bed under the elm tree and ran towards the entrance of the village in a hurry.

Zhang Longfei knew that it must be Lin Miaoxiang's parents who came. He quickly straightened up, took a few steps forward, and looked in the direction of the entrance to the village.

Sure enough, Lin Miaoxiang's father Lin Yuxian and mother Xu Wanrong walked over side by side. Lin Yuxian pushed a bicycle, and the handle of the faucet was full of large bags and small bags. Xu Wanrong smiled and opened her hands to greet her granddaughter Zhang Xichun.

Zhang Tanchun was obviously fascinated by eating sugar, and only then did he find that his grandparents came over. She saw that Zhang Xichun had already run over first, and threw herself into the arms of her grandmother Xu Wanrong, so she stood up and jumped under the bed suddenly, wanting to run over.