In early winter, the scenery in the north is very depressed. Not to mention the suffocating withered yellow as far as the eye can see, even the dry air with a few crows can also set off the bleakness of the northern village.

Kejia compound, no, it should be called Tuyuan, Kejia uses loess straw and mud to build the courtyard wall, and the elders of the Kejia try to occupy the land that is not rich in the village. After many years, the earthen wall is full of holes, the wall head is vertical and horizontal, which is the traces of rain erosion and wind and snow erosion, and a few places are the gaps in the arch of the village sow. The old man of the Ke family was quite industrious, and when he found the gap, he immediately blocked it with a few branches.

The three earthen houses are located in the middle of the courtyard, the eaves are in disrepair, the poplar rafters are grinning, nearly half of them are on strike, and under the eaves, there are still a few swallows that do not know whether they are alive or dead and come back every year to build their nests, and they are not afraid of the sudden collapse of the eaves.

The furnishings in the house are simple, as soon as you enter the door, there is a wardrobe made by the wedding in the 80s of the last century, mottled with paint. The house has been cooking for a long time, and the large wardrobe is black-red and heavily pulped, like mahogany furniture that has been coiled by people, which looks quite valuable for cultural relics research. On the opposite side is a clay kang.

Speaking of Tukang, people in the Northeast are no strangers. Most people who are a little older know it. Now that the conditions of the farmers in the village have improved, most of the villagers have dismantled the kang and replaced it with a double bed.

The Kejia's earthen kang and a few recalcitrant villagers have persistently preserved. The three generations of the Ke family, and the fourth generation who is about to be born will all be on this big kang.

The old man has an order: the soil kang must be retained, for two reasons: first, I am old, my waist and legs hurt, and I can work in the field the next day when I sleep on the hot kang. Second, I don't say that you also know that in the winter in our north, the house is cold, and the heat emitted by the big kang can basically replace the radiator, so that the losers in the village are envious!

He seemed to have a third in mind...... Yes, there are many babies in our family, adult children, and the second daughter-in-law are about to move, and it is much better to live together and unite than to sleep in bed......

Old Man Ke's remarks attracted the white eyes of Sun Tzu Ke Chuanxu: "How inconvenient that is!" My second brother and sister-in-law should go to live in the East House when they get married, after all, they are newly married......"

"! What does little B cub know? People living in the East House have to burn straw in winter, so let's take advantage of a Dogecoin? Besides, you are so ruthless to let your second brother and sister-in-law suffer from the cold? "Grandpa's words are authority, and no one in the family dares to disobey them.

The old man didn't like what he said, so he stretched out his hand and said, "Come on, come on, I'll talk to you a few words......"

Ke Chuanxu stubbornly said: "Say it, I can hear it when I'm young." ”

"Little San, you know best who is superfluous in our family. At the beginning, family planning was stuck with you, and the village committee said that our village would not allow us to have a second child, oh...... The third child, because of this, our family was fined more than 30,000 yuan, and your father and I borrowed everything, and we used all the money to renovate the house to make up the fine......"

"Can you blame me for this? It's my mom and dad's business, so why should I blame it? Ke Chuanxu argued with reason.

"I wonder too...... Why doesn't a good fetal pill work? The old man stroked his beard thoughtfully.

The daughter-in-law on the side was really blushing and heartbeat when she heard this: "Dad, it's been more than ten years since this happened, don't mention it." You also know that the induction of labor in the big month of the fetus will be life-threatening, and I am going to leave three children, if you want to blame me......" Ke Chuanxu's mother understated.

"You...... You can protect the calves! The old man pouted his white beard.

"By the way, our three sons are in their teens and can't go to school well, so I don't think I can read it! 18, you should find something to do, talk nonsense with the warlocks all day long, Mr. Feng Shui, just don't do your job! When I was eighteen years old, I married a wife and had children, and I set up another business! Ay! Unexpectedly, one generation is not as good as the other! ”

The countryside in the northeast is very cold, and the village is full of boring long days in family cooking and fighting.

Night falls.

Ke Chuanxu put down the thick brown paper curtains. This curtain was bought by Ke Chuanxu's mother at a high price from a broken car purchased from scrap, carefully disposed of the remaining cement in the kraft paper bag, made a paste with white flour, and laid it flat layer by layer. The curtain is very special, and the bottom end is glued into a straight wax rod. In the morning, it is rolled up with a straw and tied to the very top of the window frame. Put it down at night and press the bottom with something. Although the curtains are simple, they are well-made and can resist wind and cold.

Kejia Dakang is very particular about the order of sleeping. The old man slept in the hottest place on the kang, followed by Ke Chuanxu's father, mother and him.

The big kang is home to the newly married second brother Ke Chuancai and his wife. In the middle of the big kang, there is a really good broken flower curtain on the beam, which is just separated from Ke Chuanxu and the second brother Ke Chuancai...... This curtain can be regarded as a simple barrier for the second child's marriage room, and the fire kang at night has become two worlds, one side is to sleep peacefully, and the other is whispering.

The little couple hid in the quilt and whispered...... There was a slight snoring sound on the kang, and everything was silent outside the window, a picture of rural tranquility and harmony.

"Hey~ Grandpa, they're all asleep......"

"Don't make a fuss...... People itch ...... San'er hasn't fallen asleep yet, has he? ”

"Asleep, the third brother feels big, lying there is the same as a dead pig, we have a curtain......" The second brother pointed to the curtain with his hand and smiled weirdly, and took his daughter-in-law into his arms.

Ke Chuanxu was lying on the kang, and he heard the conversation between the two in the quilt so clearly, he turned over, and soon snoring, squinting and pretending to be asleep. As a brother, he must cooperate with what the second brother just said, which is not only to solve the physiological problem, but also a major event for the succession of the family. The eldest brother has been married for a few years and has been an inverted son-in-law (the man who goes to the woman's house in the northeast is called the inverted son-in-law). The eldest sister-in-law, Wu Jinglian's stomach did not move at all, and Ke Chuanxu made up his mind that he must not destroy the "normal work" of the second brother and sister-in-law. ”

Indeed, the curtain shook for a while, and the second brother's heavy wheezing sound was heard, and the sister-in-law bit the quilt in pain to prevent herself from making a sound.

The moon cleared the figure of his brother and sister-in-law ruthlessly on the curtain, Ke Chuanxu felt hot and itchy, so he coughed fiercely, pulled the lamp rope on the kang wall, and pulled the Beijing cotton shoes to the kitchen to relieve his hands.

The setting of the light rope is also very special. Draw out the switch from the kang head wall, tie a rope along the kang wall, if anyone thinks of the night, pull the light and it will be on.

Ke Chuanxu didn't have any urine, but the second brother and sister-in-law really didn't care about his bloody little pole, so he made this decision.

Suddenly, the Spiriting Bell on the closet vibrates!

Ke Chuanxu opened his sleepy eyes: "Huh??" Has anyone died? ”

"Fart! Don't sleep in the middle of the night, bunny, I'll beat you up when I ring the bell in the middle of the night! Hurry up and go to bed! The grandfather of the kang head scolded.

"Grandpa, someone really died...... Why don't you believe me? Ke Chuanxu looked helpless to extinguish the lights, but the second brother and sister-in-law snored......

He smiled helplessly: "This scene is really done!" ”