Xiaomei was at home at this time.

Xiaomei's mother shouted: "Xiaomei, your brother is here to help carry water, you come out and help me with my work." ”

Kick pushed the door out, and Xiaomei came out of her room lazily, her eyes a little red, apparently crying secretly.

Xiaomei's mother didn't care, she just thought she was drinking, sleeping and sleeping.

Xiaomei didn't say much, she only knew how to work, she hadn't eaten dinner yet, Xiaomei's mother said: "You eat first, and then cook ten eggs for your brother Yakzi, I'll spread pancakes for him at night, and he will go outside the mountain tomorrow morning." ”

"I'm not hungry." Xiaomei said.

"Why aren't you hungry? People are iron and rice are steel, and no matter how full you eat at noon, you can't stop eating at night. Xiaomei's mother said, "I don't know if you have eaten dinner, otherwise you wait for him for a while, and the two of you will eat together, and the food will be enough." ”

"I don't eat with him." Xiaomei said.

Xiaomei's mother doesn't know where Xiaomei is disgusted: "What's wrong with you today?" How can you talk with a sense of resentment? Did he offend you somewhere? ”

Xiaomei didn't speak, she went into the house and directly cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and the dining table was also removed.

Xiaomei's mother was a little confused and asked, "What are you doing here?" If you don't eat it, won't you eat it? ”

"Oh, Mom, you're really worried about rotten lungs."

"What? Dead girl, talk to your mom like that? ”

"So what do I say? That's it. ”

"Maybe let me guess, wait a while for the batter to come back with water, I'll ask him, what's wrong with you two?"

"No, why did you ask him?" Xiaomei said, starting a fire to boil eggs.

Yakzi quickly picked up a load of water, and poured the water into the water tank, Xiaomei was obviously in the kitchen, but when she saw Yakzi, she deliberately dodged and didn't speak.

Before she could doubt, Xiaomei's mother observed carefully and looked at it in her heart.

"Huh? What's wrong with you two? It really makes me guess, who offended whom? Xiaomei's mother asked curiously.

Yakzi looked at Xiaomei with a confused face, unable to figure out what was going on. Xiaomei neither spoke nor raised her eyes, and turned around and went back to the house.

"Yakzi, you say, what's going on?" Xiaomei's mother asked.

"Not really? It's good," said Yakzi nervously, "Is there something wrong with Xiaomei?" ”

"It's another thing to be uncomfortable, it's the real thing to ignore you, did you say something to her?" Xiaomei's mother got to the bottom of it.

"No, after drinking and eating at Mr. Gao's house at noon, I will cut the grass for the production team, she should come back with Zhao Nan." Yakzi explained.

"What, the fourth girl also went?"

"Well, we met halfway, we went together, and we had a meal at Master Gao's house together."

After saying that, with a mind full of questions, he went to fetch water again.

After the yak went out, Xiaomei's mother called Xiaomei out and asked, "Girl, I said what's the matter with you, ignoring other people's yaks?" ”

"People are uncomfortable, and they are still boiling eggs for him, how do you have to take care of him?" Xiaomei held back her grievances and didn't want to say anything.

"Okay, I won't ask, you're not a child anymore, you're not feeling well, you will boil water and take a bath, go to bed early after taking a bath, and you have to go to school tomorrow morning." Xiaomei's mother said, "I'll do the rest of the work, and bring some pancakes to the yak stall." ”

Xiaomei was silent, silently lit the fire, and looked at the pot.

The mulch came back again, Xiaomei still didn't say a word, the yakzi was very puzzled, and after pouring water into the tank, he couldn't help but ask: "Xiaomei, are you uncomfortable?" ”

"I'm fine." After Xiaomei finished speaking, she glanced at the yakzi, tears almost flowed out, and she quickly turned around.

Seeing this detail, he didn't dare to ask again, so he went to fetch water again. Four loads of water were brought back in a row, and the water tank was filled, and there was one bucket left.

"Auntie, what else is there to do, I can reach out?" He asked.

"You can rest," Xiaomei's mother said to Xiaomei, "Xiaomei, you go back to the house and talk to your brother for a while, you don't need it." ”

"When the eggs are boiled, I'll boil the water."

Xiaomei means boiling eggs and then boiling water for a bath, which is equivalent to giving an eviction order to the yaks.

He couldn't guess Xiaomei's thoughts, and he didn't know why she was unhappy today, but at this time, he was very interested.

"Auntie, I'll go back to the club and let you bother." Yakzi said politely.

"Then you come and get it before you leave tomorrow morning, and I'll prepare the food for you." Xiaomei's mother got up to give the yaks.

At this time, Teacher Ye Kun knew that Yakzi was coming, and pushed the door out: "Yakzi, where are you going to go tomorrow morning?" ”

"I'm going to go to the place where the commune smelts steel, see what the steel is collected there and where it comes from, and then go outside the mountain to inquire where there is scrap steel that can be dismantled, and if not, I'll go into the city and think of a way."

"If you want me to see, nine times out of ten, you are doing useless work." Teacher Ye Kun was not hopeful about the actions of the yak.

"I don't know the bottom in my heart, I have to think of a way to take one step at a time." The decision is made.

Teacher Ye Kun didn't say anything more, he said goodbye for the time being, and before returning to the production team headquarters, he went to find Li Gang, the small steel cannon, and made an appointment to leave tomorrow.

made an appointment with Li Gang, and the mullet returned to the production team.

The yard of the production team is full of grass, and the old urchin is tidying up and placing it alone.

The old urchin seemed to have caught a savior: "Why did you come back, I'm tired to death." ”

"You think of me when you're working." Without saying a word, he stretched out his hand to work, and together with the old urchin, he put the grass cut by the members against the wall.

It was already late, and Captain Wang Kui came to the club with a flashlight to look for a yak.

"I heard Li Xiaozi say, you two will go outside the mountain tomorrow? Is there any spectrum? "Captain Wang Kui saw Yakzi and got straight to the point.

"There's no score, we plan to go to the commune's steelmaking place first, see where the scrap steel handed in by other production teams comes from, and then prepare to follow the vine and find a way." He had ideas, but he didn't have the slightest certainty.

"The way is right, a dead horse should be a live horse doctor, otherwise there is no good way, I have been thinking about it for many days, and I have not figured out the way of debut." Captain Wang Kui encouraged him and said, "You really have to go out and use your brains, this way can't work, you can't find another way without a mouth, you can't let the urine suffocate to death." ”

"I think so too, cross the river by feeling the stones, and take one step at a time." He said, "There is no endless road, there is really no way, we don't have to regret it, think of more ways, we can't complete the task, and we won't fall behind other production teams." ”

"With your words, I am relieved, you two go, strive to come back as soon as possible, the field seeds are planted, but it has not rained this day, we have to fight the drought in advance, and we must be prepared to eat by the sky."

Captain Wang Kui said, took out ten yuan from his pocket and gave it to the yak: "This money is from the accumulation of the production team, you take it, and use it when it is critical." ”

"I haven't written a word yet, so I don't need the production team to pay for it." The slab is not connected.

"When you go out, you can encounter any situation, how can you do it without taking a penny, besides, you can't live in the open air, you have to find a place to live at night, are you ready for dry food?"

Captain Wang Kui forced the money to the yakzi. He reluctantly took the money and put it away: "It's all ready." ”

"That's good, the production team will give you two normal work points these days, and pay attention to safety when you go out."

With the money of the production team, he has pressure, and he can buy a lot of ready-made steel tools with ten yuan, in case he doesn't find a way out this time, and it will be worth the loss if he spends another ten yuan.

Although he accepted the money, he was not prepared to spend it until he had to.

Captain Wang Kui inspected the production team site for a while before going home, and the yakzi and the old urchin rested very late.

Lying on the big kang of the production team, Xiaozi thought about Xiaomei in his heart, he couldn't understand why she was unhappy today, why she ignored him. It is estimated that the tomboy Zhao Nan said something, Xiao Mei obviously has emotions for him, indicating that what Zhao Nan said to Xiao Mei angered Xiao Mei, and Xiao Mei must have thought that he had done something sorry for her.

He felt frank and unrestrained, and he hadn't done anything to Xiaomei. Is Xiaomei jealous? This is very likely, the bad thing is in the tomboy Zhaonan, it must be that she is open-mouthed.

She likes Xiaomei, but she doesn't dare to have too many extravagant hopes for her, and she has been working hard, but she always feels that the happiness she can give her is still far away.

Xiaomei likes to eat whoever vinegar she likes, this matter doesn't need to be explained, just let it go with the flow, since it won't give Xiaomei happiness for a while, don't let Xiaomei have illusions about him, that will delay her youth, she should have a better choice than him.

Thinking like this, his heart hurts and he is unwilling, but there is no way, the situation of himself and his family is there, people can't be too selfish, unless the sun comes out of the west tomorrow.

Thinking about it, he was irritable, his hands and feet were feverish, and he couldn't sleep well after tossing and turning.

The next day, the yak got up early, and the little steel cannon Li Gang was waiting for him at the intersection on time.

Yakzi and Li Gang came to the door of Xiaomei's house, and the chimney was bubbling on the thatched house of Xiaomei's house

Straight smoke, the door open.

Li Gang was waiting at the gate, and he walked into the courtyard. Entering the door, Xiaomei was packing her things, glanced at the yakzi lukewarmly, and did not speak.

"Are you going to leave right away?" He asked.

"Hmm." Xiaomei only replied with one word.

"Wait a minute, let's go all the way." Yakzi said.

Xiaomei was speechless.

"Yakzi, I've prepared everything for you, you haven't had breakfast yet, have you? There are pancakes, millet porridge and pickles, you go to the mat bar for a few bites before leaving. Xiaomei's mother instructed while busy, "Aren't you going with two people?" What about Boy Li? ”

"Wait outside at the gate." Yakzi said.

"Look at you, let him come in and have something to eat with you."

"Well, then I'll call him."

"Xiaomei, your grandfather gave you a small military kettle, you lend it to the yak and decorate it with boiling water."

"Zhao Nan has water hyacinth, she is definitely willing to borrow it, borrow her."

Xiaomei threw out such a sentence, and she knew that her guess last night was correct.

"You don't have to bring a kettle, you can drink water anywhere."

He pretended not to care, walked out of the door, called Li Gang in, and the two of them had breakfast together.

Xiaomei said that she didn't borrow the kettle, it was not her intention, after all, in fact, she was more thoughtful than her mother, not only filled the kettle with boiled water earlier, but also added cotton sugar, and prepared a bag for food, which contained hand towels and soap.

When Xiaomei's mother was looking for something to put food, Xiaomei silently put these things in front of her mother, Xiaomei's mother pouted and smiled at Xiaomei, laughing so that Xiaomei's face was feverish.

Xiaomei's mother packed the things prepared for the yak, and Xiaomei's own things had already been packed, but she was still deliberately grinding, obviously waiting for the yak.

Yakzi and Li Gang had breakfast hastily at Xiaomei's house, and happened to be on the road with Xiaomei, but Xiaomei was riding a bicycle, and Yakzi and Li Gang were walking.

It's still a very comedic scene. Xiaomei was riding in front of her on the road, and in order to catch up with her, Yakzi and Li Gang did not hesitate to run with the bicycle, thanks to Xiaomei's unfast ride, Yakzi and Li Gang could barely keep up.

Yakzi and Li Gang followed for a while, but they couldn't run, Xiaomei had a heart, got off the bicycle, and pushed the cart to walk with them.

Actually, Xiaomei has figured out a lot of things after this night, no matter what Zhao Nan does, she believes that Yakzi is not a half-hearted person. However, he is still a little jealous of Zhaonan's vow not to marry Brother Zhaozi.

Because of Li Gang's companionship, and Xiaomei's heart, there was not much dialogue between Yakzi and Xiaomei, the three of them walked for a while, Yakzi asked Xiaomei to continue riding the bicycle, and he and Li Gang no longer followed, so they said goodbye.

Xiaomei rode for a while and ran far away, and Yakzi and Li Gang couldn't reach it.