There are lazy children rolling on the stone steps, it is Shi'an playing with his new partner, the young dog has now grown, and now it has a nickname of "chasing the wind", Yuhua arranges the freshly cut greens, squatting on the stone plate and watching the fight.

Su Yuan hid in the shade of the chair to rest, she had just come back from the slope she was so tired that she began to snor, into a sweet sleep, happily took care of the cooking, in the house watching the fire. They have been here for more than a month, and they are familiar with all kinds of scenery in the mountains in front of this house, and although the rural life of sunrise and daily rest is tiring, it is also comfortable.

In June and July, the mushrooms in the mountains and forests grow well. Green plates, match heads, red mushrooms, big feet, pine mushrooms, chicken fir mushrooms, and three eight mushrooms all appear alternately in the green pine forest, these mountain delicacies are rare and delicious, and in the early sunny days after the rain, they harvest more, and they enjoy their appetite during this time.

The mushroom is not difficult to make, just use clean water to remove the sediment and small animals on the surface, and then tear it into small pieces by hand and put it in a boiling pot to boil, the most important thing is to add a few cloves of garlic to eliminate potential foreign matter, and then put it in well water to cool after softening, and then dry it for stir-fry or as a dipping side dish when needed.

Chicken fir and mushrooms don't need to be processed too much, because they are high-end ingredients, and just cooking soup with oil and salt is already a peerless delicacy. Sometimes it is cooked with loofah and wide noodles, and the neighboring Xiaohong will be invited to grab food, he naturally doesn't mind, but likes this kind of uninvited liveliness, just because most of the people in the yard have gone out in the past few years, and it has been a lot deserted.

"Shi'an! I am back! His voice came from the bend of the mountain.

"Hey! Second brother, come home for dinner, how much did you pick up today? She gestured to the trumpet hand and shouted in a loud voice.

He lifted the bamboo basket in his hand and lifted it up to his chest, Shi'an understood, ran quickly to pick it up, and chased the wind to follow, so he met halfway, Shi'an couldn't wait to open the bamboo cover and look inside, all the three or eight mushrooms.

"Second brother, you're so lucky, where did you find such a big litter? You tell me, I want to be a big family in the coming year! Shi'an's eyes were shining with stars, and he couldn't wait to take out the contents of the basket now.

He looked at Shi'an and stroked her forehead with his hand, "Shi'an, where are you going crazy, there are so many mud on your head, you have to wash it when you go back." ”

"Second brother, it's not chasing the wind, it's much naughtier than me, it's not bad for me! Also, don't keep touching my head, I won't grow tall! Shi'an seemed to hear some rumors, and suddenly withdrew a few steps.

"Shi'an, grow tall, don't worry! There is no tall umbrella under the eaves of the house, they are scaring you, I am your brother, how can you have this heart, or you will touch the head of the wind every day in the future to see if it grows tall, and you will know when the time comes. "He came up with a stupid idea.

"Second brother! You bully me, you call me a puppy, I ignore you! Shi'an got angry, pouted and turned his head, and looked at the chasing wind at his feet viciously.

He couldn't let this atmosphere spread, approached quietly, hugged her with one hand around his waist and said, "Shi'an, the second brother didn't mean that, you look behind me and see what good things the second brother brought you?" ”

His back basket contained a lot of red ground fruits, as well as two small watermelons, and a few locust flowers inserted in the cracks of the bamboo strips.

"Wow! Second brother, where did you pick it, why can't I find those good places, with these things, I will be comfortable at noon today! She soon felt better, and began to eat the gravel fruit.

He didn't have to pay attention to it anymore, the gluttonous cat hated it most when someone interrupted her eating, but Shi'an happened to be the king of cats, and it must be terrifying to get angry, so he hugged her and continued to walk home.

Yuhua had already covered the green and white, and the green and gray stone plate would be pickles entering the altar, and she rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand and yawned.

"Yuhua, thank you for your hard work, let's go home for dinner!" He smiled, he gained a lot today.

"Well, that's it." She took the basket and followed behind.

He threw two watermelons into the well, and it would not sink, which was not uncommon but a common practice, just after lunch, you could eat cold melons, the well is a natural refrigerator, and the effect is not bad.

Su Kite hadn't woken up yet, the corners of her mouth were salivating, Shi'an ran over with a pu fan and shook it for her, so that she could be more comfortable, but the cool wind quickly woke her up from her dream, the noon dream was short and light, she blushed and wiped the traces on the corners of her mouth, and said, "Let's go, go into the house first." ”

Xinran has already got a pot of rice soup, is beating eggs and stirring to make steamed eggs, seeing everyone gathered so he made room to start assigning tasks, Su Yuan wants to pick some cucumbers to make cold dishes, Yuhua is going to take sour cowpeas and chop them as ingredients, and he is in charge of everything, as for Xinran, she deserves to rest at this time, and the rotation has already become a tacit understanding.

Such days are not boring, even if there is no TV at home, but whenever the night comes, he will set up a cool stick and sit on the sky tower to talk to them, mosquito bites will not become their troubles, mugwort bundled and lit not far away, when talking about sleepiness, there are also boring stars in the sky, Shi'an is extremely happy and excited, just because she has more playmates and more storytellers.

When the early-maturing rice needs help, they will be quick to hear the news, and the owners will naturally welcome them, and the vitality of the young people will naturally help them to harvest faster and better.

The gasoline engine was burning in the rice field, and the rumbling sound was scattered, he grabbed a handful of cut grain bundles and threshed them on the machine, and Su Yuan sat behind the smoke and dust, she was using bamboo to clean up the scattered grain grass, which was also a very important job, and Xinran and Yuhua were working in another small field not far away, and they repeated the same action.

The summer night is not long, they start to cut the grain from three or four o'clock, from the first gathering of dew to drying, a golden rice field has become scattered under their efforts, like an old hen pecking at the grass graffiti, no one cares whether the vision is good or not, just because the rural people never pay attention to any beauty in this regard, as long as the practicality does not affect the harvest is a good action. The cut grain bundle is leaning on the nearby stubble, mostly two or three piles are integrated into a bundle, and they are inserted horizontally and vertically in the dry and cracked fields, and there are many diseased mildew and bed bugs on the grain grass, but this does not affect their actions, and the sieving and drying after harvesting can solve these problems very well.

The atmosphere in the fields was intense, the scorching sun and the scorching smell of the fire forced the action, even the well water in the teapot that had not been delivered long ago became hot, and the bitter tea leaves in the enamel bell were poured into the medicine of relief, which they regarded as treasures. The rest time is freely arranged but not long, the work in the field is collected at a glance, it looks less than it is more, and it must be carried back after the mixing bucket is full, otherwise it will not be able to carry out the next thing, the back bucket is full of about seventy pounds, if it is upside down with a handful of baskets, it will increase to nearly a hundred pounds of weight, he does not need to fill it up, just run a few more times to slow down.

The gasoline engine with an iron hook barrel is set on the mixing barrel in all directions, and the rice has been picked up, and it is time to move, "Yuhua, gladly!" Came down to help! He shouted up the hill.

"Hey! Come on! They shouted in unison.

The month of getting along with Xinran finally broke her indifference, and she returned to her former lively appearance, perhaps she has come out of her sadness and began to deal with life with a good attitude.

They were all wearing long sleeves, and their legs and feet were covered with dirt under the trousers, and they arrived quickly, pushing up the corners of the mixing bucket, and the fields were ploughed out of the smooth ravines, presumably because there was more millet in them.

The sickle began to swing again, and the neatly arranged rice grains were bent back and forth, and then the sound of a roaring gasoline engine would be heard, and then two people would be seen walking steadily, one in front of one and one behind, one tall and one short, and so on.

After all, he was so annoyed that he took the knotted wooden rope and wrapped it around the gasoline engine to demonstrate how to start it, but they could not learn it anyway, and they did not know whether it was a lack of effort or deliberateness, and they always called him to deal with the problem.

Laborers are glorious, they give birth to life with hard sweat, self-sufficiency is their greatest pride, after the end of work, he stood in the field to the sunset and sighed at the feats of his ancestors, but before he could paint a magnificent picture was interrupted by the shouts of Shi'an. So he had to quickly take care of himself, and then walked with the three of them on the narrow path with the mixing bucket diagonally. The proprietor walked ahead of them in front of them with a split gasoline engine on his back, and it was a basic etiquette for the helper to invite someone to dinner, and they had to follow it. The proprietor's dog frantically wagked its tail to welcome the guests, and the proprietor at the dinner table talked about the family's shortcomings, until Shi'an began to make a fuss about returning home.

When life abandons heavy thinking and is converted into suitable labor, then people will return to simplicity and find themselves that they have lost.

Summer flowers are the most abundant and colorful of the four seasons, and there is a scientific explanation for the long hours of sunshine, and he does believe it. The general law of the four seasons is so, spring and summer, autumn withered and winter, but there are some special existences, across and in the long river, growing slowly and strongly, the fairy flower growing on the snow-capped mountain is one of the outstanding representatives, but unfortunately the snow-capped mountain is far away and mysterious and cannot be seen.

Shi'an loves flowers like Gu Fang, and often picks many unknown wildflowers from the mountains and raises them in her own garden, but the wildflowers that have been raised for a long time are not fragrant after all, so she asked her sisters to take her to the mountains to pick flowers. It is said that most girls love flowers, flowers are like people and more like beauties, the old saying has clouds, "beauty is like flowers across the clouds", compared with flowers and people take the form of gods, there are countless literati singing and praising each other. He also loved flowers, but he loved them simply, only smelling their fragrance, only knowing their use and rarely delving into their inner will, so he was fiercely despised by the learned women's group, and the field on this side belonged to them after all.

Good days can never last long, Xinran and Su Yuan returned to their homes one after another, and the time spent playing outside seemed to be too long, which caused their respective families to worry, and he had to be sent to the departure station.

He had a very happy time in this month, as if he had returned to the innocent time of his childhood. He took his best friend through the mountains and forests, picking up all kinds of fragrant mushrooms, laughing and chatting on the side of the small river bridge with fireflies on a bright night with a bright moon, and dreaming sweet and quiet by the blue and white wildflower fields......

Xinran left three days ago, he sent a jar of honeysuckle and dried mushrooms with a half-opened tail, and he remembered her smile that was free and easy, and the words seemed to still echo in his ears, "Go to the city, remember to take care of me!" ”

Su Kite didn't bring anything, only planed a few flowers from the corner of the wall and put them in a tile pot, but he also fulfilled his promise. It's just that she abruptly tiptoed and kissed his cheek when she left, making him freeze in place, but this unprovoked kiss made him never forget this real woman, "A-Ning, in the future, we will all be together again!" You can't escape! There was a pool of autumn water in her eyes, and she looked at him gently.

"Then, see you next time!" She sat in the tail seat of the shuttle, and her waving hands could be seen through the dark yellow glass.

"Goodbye!" His face flushed and he waved in response.

The wind swirled in the field, the wind rustled the leaves, and the young man's heartstrings were stirred again, in this unbeautiful half summer.