In the early morning, the sun is shining, and every family in the village goes out early in the morning to start the day's work. But seeing that the village chief's daughter-in-law also went out with a large basin full of clothes, it seemed that she should be going to the small river at the head of the village to wash.

And not long after she went out, a thin figure suddenly appeared behind the house, that person was Ji Yu, he saw the village chief's daughter-in-law leave home, he dared to touch out from the back of the house, and gently knocked on the door of the village chief's house.

The village chief's daughter-in-law has always hated this black and thin little hairy head, thinking that he is a troublemaker, and every time he makes a mistake, his own man has to help him wipe his ass in the back, so every time he sees Ji Yu, he doesn't have a good face to show him.

But Ji Yu doesn't care, he has always been the seat of heaven and earth, and he lives an unrestrained life, except that sometimes he will be hungry for two or three days.

As there was a knock on the door, the village chief slowly opened the door as soon as he got up, he touched Ji Yu's head, and then let him go into the house with him.

It turned out that the village chief had already packed more than a dozen beautiful wild fruits in a sack the night in advance, and he handed them to Ji Yu and advised, "You can take these fruits for me and put them in front of your father's grave, and you can't eat them secretly on the way." ”

Ji Yu smiled and took the sack of fruit, the bag was heavy, it seemed that the village chief had prepared a lot of rations for his father, or for himself.

In fact, the village chief didn't say it, Ji Yu also knew that the village chief actually cared about himself: I heard the village chief say that his father and mother died when he was five or six years old, and he was helpless at that time, and it happened to be windy and rainy overnight, he was alone in the heavy rain, hiding in the woods and crying at a loss, it was the village chief who found himself in the rain and followed the cry, and took him home to live for a few days, and finally built a simple small thatched hut with thatch and tree trunks in front of the woods at the end of the village, so that he had a place to shelter from the wind and rain, so that he would not be exposed to the sun and rain.

At that time, the village chief would bring some food every day, and then when he grew up, he could go to the mountains and forests to find food, so the village chief did not come to see him every day, but every once in a while he would still bring some wild fruits or dry food, for fear that he would not be full.

The village chief also likes to chat with himself in his spare time, he will teach himself a lot of principles of life, to be filial to his parents, to be courteous, to be strong as a man, to be brave, the village chief will talk a lot to himself, it can be said that it is the enlightenment teacher in Ji Yu's life.

And Ji Yu is active by nature, and often does some small pranks between neighbors, he will throw stones at Widow Liu's rhubarb, will bully his two little grandsons in front of the sixth uncle's house, and sometimes secretly take a few eggs from other people's hen nests, and whenever he is found by his neighbors and chases him with a wooden stick, the village chief stands in front of him and apologizes to his neighbors for himself.

Maybe Ji Yu can't remember the appearance of his father and mother clearly, but he will never forget the sturdy back of the village chief blocking in front of him.

If the village chief hadn't been protecting himself for the past few years, he, a child of only five or six years old, really didn't know how to survive in the village.

"Village chief, I thank you for my father, when I grow up and can beat those wild boars in the mountains, I will invite the village chief to eat meat every day!"

The village chief laughed: "Then you have to make less trouble and exercise more." Ji Yu smiled and nodded: "Village chief, then I'll go first." After that, when he turned around and was about to leave, the village chief stopped him, "Hey, wait, do you remember what day it is?"

When Ji Yu heard this, he scratched the back of his head: "Today is not my father's death day, I remember this." The village chief smiled and shook his head: "Today, in addition to your father's death day, isn't it also your birthday?"

"Birthday?"

Ji Yu was a little confused: "Village chief, even I don't know when my birthday is, how do you know?"

The village chief stood up and said slowly: "Actually, I don't know, but I met you in the woods a few years ago today, since no one knows, then you must have a birthday of your own, right?"

However, for Ji Yu, birthday is something he has never dared to hope for, generally when there is a child in the village for a birthday, the family will help the child cook a few red eggs, burn a large piece of fragrant braised pork, the family sits together for dinner, and then the child will close his eyes and make a wish, and the adult will prepare a small gift for his own child, but all this, for Ji Yu, who died early, is a luxury, he has, just in the stormy night, hiding in the small hut, listening to the thunder and lightning outside, hiding alone in the damp quilt and shivering。

Thinking of this, Ji Yu's eyes couldn't help but turn red, and when the village chief saw this, he walked back to the room and said, "In this way, today is your first birthday, and I have also prepared a small gift for you." ”

But I saw that the village chief took out a small wooden box in the room, the wooden box was antique, and I couldn't tell what kind of wood it was made of, but it oozed a faint fragrance when I put it in front of me.

Ji Yu took the box, rubbed his reddish eyes, and said in surprise: "Village chief, this is what you gave me?"

"Open it and take a look, I don't know if you like it or not. The village chief said with a smile.

Ji Yu jumped up excitedly holding the box, and suddenly was afraid that he would accidentally break the wooden box, so he hurriedly put it on the table gently, carefully untied the wooden buckle on the box, and then, what caught his eye was a piece of warm, emerald green jade pendant, transparent jade, carved with a circle of auspicious patterns, hollowed out in the center, outlining several auspicious clouds, floating in the jade, holding in the hand, slightly cold, its refreshing coolness, pointing to the heart.

"Village chief, this thing is so beautiful, it must be very expensive. Ji Yu asked while looking at Yu Pei blankly.

"Such an expensive thing, I'll just take a look, I'm afraid it will be damaged, didn't you teach me the village chief, you can't just take other people's things, you better take it back." ”

Although he said this, in fact, Ji Yu had an indescribable love for this jade pendant, and the village chief touched his head again, and said softly: "It's okay, this jade pendant is just an ordinary decoration, and there are more in my room, if you don't like it, I'll change it for you?"

"No, no, no, no......" Ji Yu's head shook like a rattle, he slowly hung the jade pendant on his chest, felt the slightest coolness from the jade, and said with a grin: "Village chief, I think this piece looks good, don't worry, I will take good care of it, and I will never lose it." ”

The village chief nodded "um": "By the way, Ji Yu, you are ten years old this year, right?" Ji Yu was still immersed in joy and said with a smile: "Well, village chief, I am just ten years old today!"

The village chief nodded again: "The children in the village generally have to start helping the family work around the age of ten, and you can't be idle every day, so from tomorrow onwards, you will be responsible for coming over every day to help weed the temple and help in the field.

Ji Yu's eyes widened, and he looked at the village chief in disbelief, he took care of the food every day, and he was still full, it turned out that this was the biggest gift the village chief gave him!

Ji Yu smiled from ear to ear, and the chick kept nodding as if pecking rice, how innocent and innocent the smile was.

The village chief looked at Ji Yu, who was smiling, and raised his hand: "Okay, then you go quickly, remember to miss me more in front of your father." ”

Ji Yu happily thanked and said goodbye to the village chief, and went out with the hemp bag.

Just went out, but met the village chief's daughter-in-law who went back to the house to get something, the woman saw that this kid actually came out of her house, and carried a bag of things, thinking that this little thief was so bold and stealing things to come here, and then saw her man sitting on a chair at home and waving goodbye to him, for a while, she didn't know why, and then, she saw that there was a jade pendant hanging on the kid's chest, and was taken aback, isn't this the jade pendant that she thought about for a while?

She looked at Ji Yu who was drifting away in a daze, turned her head and rushed into the house, flattened her mouth at the village chief, and said angrily: "Why did you give my favorite jade pendant to that kid, I asked you several times before and you refused to give it to me, why are you.... How...."

The village chief's daughter-in-law was so angry that she choked, it turned out that this jade pendant had been hidden in the depths of the room by the village chief, once when she was cleaning up the house, she accidentally saw such a beautiful wooden box, opened it and saw it, and she didn't hesitate to love this piece of jasper, but no matter how she stalked, soft grinding and hard bubbles, the village chief was unwilling to give her this piece of jade, saying that this was a very important thing, and told her not to touch it, and in the end there was really no way, she could only take advantage of her man's absence at home to secretly take out a look, touch it.

The village chief looked at his angry daughter-in-law, slowly took her hand, and said softly: "You stupid mother-in-law, when will I not give you good things?" It's just that things are returned to their original owners. ”