After the guests left, seeing that Yuanyuan put on a straw hat and was about to go to the cotton field to top and prune the cotton, Fang Guangzhuo also wanted to help, Yuanyuan said: "That little thing, you don't have to go, take a good rest." ”

Fang Guangzhuo insisted on going to the fields to take a look, Dayantou Village has not many per capita responsible fields, a family only has two or three acres of fields, and a family with a large population is only five or six acres, so some people go out to work to earn money during the slack season, some make baskets at home, baskets do side jobs to earn money, and then feed a few pigs to accumulate some fertilizer, and at the same time increase some income. Fang Guangzhuo's family has few fields, and if they are planted, they will also paste their mouths, spend money and earn outside, a few acres of fields, under the diligent cultivation of his mother Zhang Guiying, the administrator, and help to serve during the Yuanyuan holiday, which is like a trial field, Fang Guangzhuo is very relieved.

Early the next morning, Fang Guangzhuo pushed out his old bicycle to the door, Yuan Yuan helped to bring out a big snakeskin bag luggage, put it on the back seat of the bicycle, Fang Guangzhuo tied the duffel bag hard, turned back to Yuan Yuan and said: "Everything has a priority, Yuan Yuan, you must put learning first, this is the most critical, and the rest, wait until you complete the study task before doing it." ”

Yuan Yuan replied in a loud voice: "Dad, don't worry, I'm about to graduate from high school, you know." When you're outside, don't be reluctant to eat or drink, protect your body. The round compassionate words made Fang Guangzhuo's heart feel sweet.

He wanted to stay at home for two more days, Ye Hanhua died, he wanted to go to the Ye family to visit, and then go to Jinsha City, his mother Zhang Guiying asked him to bring dozens of eggs to the Ye family, because after crossing the Reed River, there are still more than 20 miles to get to the Ye family, and the eggs are fragile and difficult to take. Mother Zhang Guiying hurriedly wrapped the brown sugar and noodles and asked him to bring them, he said: "You can keep it and eat, I still have some money in my hand, I still have gifts to buy, and I will buy them after I pass." Saying this, Fang Guangzhuo raised his eyes to look at his mother Zhang Guiying, only to see that the wrinkles on her face were getting deeper and deeper, because she often worked in the fields, the wind and the sun were blowing, and her face was covered with the marks of time and sunshine, and at the same time, there was also bronze fortitude, which was the firmness and awe-inspiring confrontation with the years. His eyes ached. At this moment, Yuan Yuan was looking at her father with a pair of bright eyes, she saw how reluctant and pitying her father's eyes were, she concealed the reluctance in her heart, and said crisply: "Grandma's body is fine, I will take care of grandma, Dad, don't worry!" ”

Fang Guangzhuo stroked the luggage on the back seat, and said to Yuan Yuan with a smile: "Look, I have brought all my winter clothes, and I am ready to work for a while, and I can rest assured that the cost of the New Year and your registration fee for next spring are enough, you don't have to worry about me, there are several people in our village who are working there." ”

Mother Zhang Guiying saw that Fang Guangzhuo's collar was not extended, so she stepped forward and turned the wrinkled collar over, pressed it and said: "Okay, good, pay attention to safety on the road, and write a letter to the family when we arrive, so that we can feel at ease." ”

"Okay, I will." Fang Guangzhuo agreed, and turned around in the yard on crutches, looked at everything in the yard, and pushed the bicycle on the road.

The golden color of the sun is still very thin, and there is a little cool fresh breath in the air, Yuanyuan sent his father to pedal the bicycle away, and then returned to the back room, packed up the sheets, and changed clothes, scooped a basin of hot water from the pot, sat in the shade of the paulownia tree and scrubbed it, she said to her grandmother who was sweeping the floor in the hall: "Grandma, I am going to go to the Binghu Farm in Hejiang Town with Sister Jiaping and them to plant rice seedlings." ”

Grandma raised her head and asked in surprise: "Look at this day, how hot it is, rice planting is not an easy job, steaming and boiling, you can bear that sin, it is not something that can be done in a day or two, do you think it is your little paddy field, three handfuls and two can be done?" ”

Round pout, grandma always holds her as a treasure in the palm of her hand, not letting her go out, the sun is rising, a little dazzling. On the small bench next to her, Uncle Wang's kitten stretched out and fell asleep again, a lazy and comfortable look, and Yuanyuan's heart was envious.

The power of youth lies in not being satisfied with reality, and the belief in life, like flowers blooming in the most beautiful season. Yuan Yuan turned back to his grandmother and said, "I dare! Sister Jiaping, if they can do it, I can do it too, don't you often tell me, don't you endure hardships and hardships? ”

Grandma still disagreed and said: "Go to Hejiang Town, there is still a reed river, the road is far away, I don't worry, your father has already handed over your tuition money to me, you can rest assured at home." Grandma said, her voice raised a lot, and the sweeping movement of her hand was even harder.

"I've grown so big, it's time to support myself, I won't be admitted to college in the future, and I don't want to plant rice and farm, when I heard my father say that I would earn money for tuition, I blushed yes, this time, I must go to exercise." After speaking, Yuan Yuan looked at his grandmother with big eyes, and his eyes were also helping to defend Yuan Yuan, flashing with a determined look.

Grandma didn't say a word, and swept the floor with a slurp.

Yuanyuan whispered to his grandmother to reassure him: "Grandma, don't worry!" There were five of us who went over there to plant rice. It's a few good friends, all of them are good people, and they will definitely get along well. ”

As soon as Yuanyuan's words fell, the grandmother looked up at her, tears in her eyes, and said: "Your father looks like that, his health is not good, he will be old in the future, he will rely on you, you ......"

"Grandma, that's why I have to share some of my father's burden, whenever I think about it, my father is not in good health and has some difficulty walking, but in order for me to go to school, go to the dock to carry those heavy things, I feel very uncomfortable."

Grandma was still silent, she finished sweeping the floor, sat on the chair and brushed her unkempt white hair. Yuan Yuan said: "Grandma, didn't you say that there is still a hole in the house to be filled?" When the wheat was harvested this year, there was a lot of rain, and the wheat sprouted, and the grain was not delivered? Later autumn has to be made up with cash. ”

Grandma groaned for a moment and said, "Your intentions are good, now at this time to plant seedlings, the temperature is high, steaming and cooking, people are uncomfortable." ”

"Sister Jiaping, if they can do it, I can do it too." Yuan Yuan saw that his grandmother breathed a sigh of relief, said with a smile, wrung out his clothes, and prepared to wash them in the ditch water in front of the door.