The spring equinox rain feet fall slightly, and the willow bank oblique wind brings spring back.

The season in the north is late, and there are also warblers and swallows flying in the grass.

At the time of the spring equinox, the first spring rain came belatedly, sprinkled one after another, as fine as a cow's hair. Lan Yi stood in the rain, feeling the beauty of "wet clothes and apricot blossom rain, blowing the willow wind that does not chill the face", and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At the spring equinox, the sun reaches the equator line and moves towards the northward return line, the sky will get hotter day by day, and the return of the sun will bring spring back to the earth, the recovery of all things, and the two babies of Lan Yi's family will finally be able to play in the yard.

Yu'er is already well, although the baby still has a few slight coughs, but the appetite and spirit have been restored, and it looks better every day.

This illness made the baby more like to stick to his mother's side, Lan Yi wherever he went, he wanted to follow wherever he went, always wanted his mother to hold him, it hurt, even if Lan Yi had something to leave for a while, he looked at it with tears in his eyes, which made Lan Yi unbearable. Lan Yi also felt deeply remorseful and afraid of the baby's illness this time, and also felt more at ease to take him with her.

So, when Yu'er's father Li Fugui's death day came, Lan Yi could only take the baby and Yu'er to Li Fugui's grave to burn paper.

According to the customs of Huangxian County, three years before the death of a loved one, you need to go to the grave to worship on the death day, and after three years, you only need to worship according to the custom.

This day is very good, and the wind is smooth. Lan Yi led the goats to the hillside to graze, and then took the baby and Yu'er out to Lijia Village.

"My son! You leave your mother and leave, how can I live! "In front of the tombstone of Li Fugui and his wife, there was an old woman, who sang and cried vigorously, in a low tone.

Lan Yi approached with the donkey, and saw that the old woman in the shabby yellow dress shook her nose from time to time, patted the tombstone and thigh with her hand, but did not see any sacrificial items beside her.

Lan Yi took Yu'er and the baby out of the basket and asked, "Yu'er, do you know this old grandmother?" ”

Yu'er nodded, with a little confusion and fear in her tone: "It's my grandma." ”

Yu'er can be said to have grown up with her grandmother Chen, although Chen treats him differently, but Yu'er is her grandson after all, although Chen has beaten and scolded him a lot, but he finally didn't miss a bite to eat. Yu'er is dependent on her and afraid.

"Well, let's go, let's burn paper for your father. Be polite when you see grandma, don't be afraid, there is a mother. Lan Yi tied the donkey to the tree, carried the bamboo basket, and led the two children to the grave.

Li Fugui's mother, Chen, heard someone coming, wiped her nose and tears with the back of her hand, raised her faint old eyes and turned her head, and saw Lan Yi's mother and son.

"You little mourning star, you still know that you have a father! The old lady raised you for a long time, gave you food and drink, she really raised you an Aries wolf for nothing! Although Yu'er said that he had grown taller and stronger, Chen still recognized him at a glance, and then looked at his neat clothes and healthy face, and he was not angry.

Yu'er subconsciously leaned towards Lan Yi's side, looked up at her mother, and saw Lan Yi looking at him with a smile and firmness, so she took a deep breath and straightened her little chest: "Grandma, today is my father's death day, my mother brought me over to burn paper for my father." ”

Chen didn't expect Yu'er, who couldn't make a sound with a stick, to answer loudly, she raised her eyes to look at Lan Yi and the baby, and then at the donkey behind them, her eyes flashed.

Although Lan Yi had never seen Chen, she had seen Lan Yi, when Li Li was taking a few of them to Li's house to pick up Yu'er's things, Chen was in the house, she saw a few people through the window, and knew that she had adopted Yu'er.

"Humph! You are a white-eyed wolf who has milk and is a mother, and you still have the face to call me grandma! After Chen scolded, he snorted vigorously, and then began to cry again, "My son, open your eyes and see, they all say that raising children to prevent old age, what kind of crime am I doing......

Lan Yi was so crying that she had a headache, and bent down to Yu'er and said, "Go, kowtow to Daddy and burn paper." ”

Yu'er obediently walked to the other side of the Chen family, knelt down by the tombstone and kowtowed three times, took out the paper money in the basket and lit it with a fire fold: "Dad, Yu'er came to see you, my mother said that you and your mother spent these paper money over there, and if it was not enough, you would come back with a dream, and Yu'er would burn it to her father and mother." ”

Chen was crying beside him, his eyes kept staring at Yu'er. After the death of the eldest son, the Chen family was bent on driving this little mourning star out of the house, so he didn't feel distressed when he later learned that the younger son was going to sell him. But now seeing that Yu'er is living so well, Chen feels very angry, but as for what she is angry about, she can't say.

"Brother Li, sister-in-law Li, I brought Yu'er over to see you. This year's spring is busy, and I won't bring my children over after a few days. Lan Yi saw Yu'er finish burning the paper money, she stepped forward and took out a small jar of wine from the basket, opened it and poured it on the ashes.

Yu'er kowtowed to her father and mother three more times before getting up, and said to Chen, who was sitting next to her, "Grandma, I'm leaving." ”

Chen didn't raise his eyelids, but just hugged the half-empty small wine jar next to the tombstone into his arms, and continued to sing and cry.

Lan Yi didn't bother to pay attention to her, and the three of them led the donkey away.

Chen kept squinting at the three of them, and he had the heart to ask Yu'er where he lived now, but he couldn't open his mouth. Because although Lan Yi looked tender, Li Erlame once said that this little widow was a relative of the county master's family, and they couldn't be provoked. Although Chen is old and dizzy, and her knowledge is shallow, she now feels that the little widow who raised Yu'er is definitely not a relative of the county grandfather's family.

Isn't this lice on a bald man's head - obviously? If it's really a relative of the county lord's family, can he dress like this? If it is really a relative of the county master's family, let the slaves in the family not need it, and bring Yu'er over in person!

After Lan Yi walked away, Chen's purpose for today was also answered, and she got up and went home with the wine jar. Li Erlame said a few times, there was soot on his eldest brother's grave, someone must have worshipped, and the family was a little relative, and I thought it was Yu'er who came back.

So she took advantage of her eldest son's death day to take a look at the grave, and really let her touch it. Chen Shi swept the wine jar in his arms, clenched his wrinkled lips, and countless unwillingness and calculations flashed in his eyes.

Lan Yi took Yu'er and the baby back home, gave the two children warm water, and ate some things before letting them bask in the sun in the yard, while she was busy pulling out the newly grown grass in the greenhouse, and the vegetable garden was also cleaned out to prepare for planting.

"Mother, grass." The baby was lying on the south side of the vegetable garden, and Lan Yi pointed to the small sprouts that came out of the vegetable pit and shouted. The baby will be two years old next month, and now he can have a simple conversation with his mother and brother, although more than five words will still stumble, but at this age is already very good.

"I'll see." Lan Yi put down the shovel and walked to the edge of the vegetable pit, only to find that the radish and cabbage buried in the vegetable pit had sprouted, and the straw and thin soil had been drilled out. Fortunately, there are not a few turnips and cabbages left in the vegetable pit, otherwise it would be a pity.

"This is radish and cabbage, some behind the baby, my mother dug them out and planted them, and they will bloom in a few days."

The baby stood up and clapped his little hands: "Flowers, flowers." ”

Lan Yi smiled and nodded: "Yes, flowering, cabbage flowers and radish flowers, flowering and seeding, we can grow more radish and cabbage." ”

She thought about the peonies on the hillside, she had never seen them in the past ten days, and she should be able to recognize the flower buds, it seemed that she should be busy fertilizing the peonies.

The wheat on his two acres of sloping land, Second Uncle Wang has helped to water the green water, and now I don't know what it looks like, so I should go and see it.

She also thought about moving more honeysuckle and wolfberries back and planting them by the wall, and the vegetable garden should also bloom and plant.

"Brother, let's go pick up the eggs." Yu'er came out of the greenhouse, carrying the freshly pulled grass in her hand, and shouted. Picking up eggs and feeding the chickens every day is the main job of the two of them, and now that they are in good health, they naturally still have to do it.

"Brother, brother, wait." The baby hurriedly opened his calves and ran to the chicken pen, since Wang Linxi helped Lan Yi to do a good job of the chicken pen, Lan Yi did not let the chickens run around in the yard, the yard was tidy, and there was no need to fence the fence for planting vegetables. Now there are five more lively baby goats in the house, but fortunately they are locked up in the sheepfold and cannot get out, otherwise they will destroy everything in this yard.

"Mother, the chickens are still laying eggs in the nest, and they haven't come out." Yu'er took her younger brother and shouted in disappointment by the chicken pen.

Lan Yi turned her head to look, and really saw three hens lying in the chicken coop, they should have finished giving birth at this time in the past, and today is a little strange.

"It's okay, let's pick it up again in the afternoon. You come and help my mother get the turnips, and after we finish planting, we will go to cook and eat." Noon Niang will make you colorful noodles, okay? ”

The two children were sick, Lan Yi changed her tricks to make them delicious, and the green noodles were mung bean noodles and white noodles together, and then marinated with various green vegetables, diced mushrooms, diced meat, etc., and finally covered with a nutritious noodle with a poached egg.

Yu'er and the baby glanced at each other, and quickly nodded: "Okay!" ”

The baby hurriedly ran to his mother's side: "Mother, I want to eat flower eggs." ”

Yu'er looked at the west courtyard wall and said, "Mother, Niu Dan said that if we eat flowers and green noodles, call him." ”

Lan Yi nodded, Niu Dan and Dafu also coughed for a few days, some light and some severe, and now they are all fine, these little guys haven't played together for some days.

"Go ahead, call Daifuku and Niu Dan over."

The three of them planted radishes and cabbage, after Lan Yi washed her hands with the two children, the baby insisted on helping her mother wash the vegetables, and Yu'er ran out to share the food with her friends.

When he came back, it was not three, but five. Niu Dan's two twin sisters Xiaohua Xiaocao also came over, and the eight-year-old two little girls twisted the corners of their clothes embarrassedly, and shouted "auntie" timidly, which is strange to say, Niu Sister-in-law has a hot temper, Niu Wentian is also cool, but the twin daughters are very shy and introverted.

Lan Yi smiled and nodded: "Xiaohua, Xiaocao, your mother is not at home?" "If Sister-in-law Niu was at home, she would definitely not let all three children come over for dinner.

"Yes. My mother, my father, and my eldest brother went to work in the fields, and the second brother went to school to study, and we were all at home. Niu Dan replied for the two sisters. Niu Dan's second brother Niu is ten years old this year, and he is studying in the village's Yixue, and it is not yet the time for Yixue to leave school.

"Yes. Niu Dan listened to the bell, let your brother come over after school. Dafuku, you help your aunt get some firewood, small flowers and grass, you help your aunt wash the vegetables, okay? ”

As soon as these little guys heard this, they immediately started to act, and Lan Yi quickly prepared the vegetable noodles and brought them to the low table.

A bunch of little turnip heads sat happily on the edge of the table, sticking their heads into the bowl and eating. Even the baby asked his mother to prepare a small bowl for him, and he sat and gestured with a small spoon.

Ten-year-old Niu Xiushun was also in a group of small radishes at this time, he quickly pulled the noodles down, looking at the pot and not knowing if he could hold another bowl to eat, in the past, every time he returned to the bowl at home, he would be scolded by his mother.

"Xiu Shun, after eating, you can serve it yourself, and you can eat as much as you want." Lan Yi said with a smile. The names of the three sons of Niu's sister-in-law's family were all given by the master of Yixue, called Xiu Yao, Xiu Shun and Xiu Yu.

When Niu Xiushun heard this, he showed a big smile, and took the bowl to the side of the pot and neatly filled another big bowl back, and after Xiaohua Xiaocao finished eating, each person also filled half a bowl.

Lan Yi twitched the corners of her mouth, no wonder Sister-in-law Niu was scolded by the five children, this amount of food is really not small, and she only ate a bowl of noodles.

"Auntie, the day after tomorrow is the Zhoujia Village Market, my mother said to let my father buy four little pigs and come back, do you want to bring a few?" Niu Xiushun finished eating, wiped his mouth and asked.

Lan Yi couldn't help but smile, this kid, after eating two bowls of noodles, he sold his old man, four little pigs are more than 100 catties, and if you put a few more on your back, no matter how strong Daddy Niu is, he has to bend over.

"Okay, bring one for me." R1152