Time is fleeting, and in the blink of an eye, spring has returned to the earth, and everything has recovered.

The four little pigs that Yun Xue caught from Li's house grew very well and had to eat a lot of things every day. Fortunately, last fall, the children picked up a lot of acorns and kept them in the barn, which came in handy this time.

At the end of February, Yun Xue also sent Yun Lei to the school, although he could follow Yun Ting to read at home, but after all, it was not as good as learning more in the school. No matter what, Yun Xue hopes that her younger brothers can grow up to be talented.

Yunlin left, only Jiang Chengtao and another child in the school went to take the county test, and Jiang Chengtao passed the county test. The master said that if Yunlin also went, he would definitely be able to live. When Yun Xue heard this, she could only smile and didn't say anything.

In the school, Yun Xue unexpectedly met Sun Changhai. It turned out that Sun Changhai had come back from Shanchangzi, and he had nowhere to go, so he had to go home. However, he has been gone for more than four months, and the Wu family has suffered hardships with the children. Wu originally thought that her husband would come back in a few days, but she waited left and right, but she didn't see her husband's shadow. The first two sons in the family were also dumbfounded, without a father to earn money at home, their good life was over.

Wu is not sure when her husband will come back, although there is still some money at home, but she does not dare to spend it indiscriminately. Even the Chinese New Year, it is just a little meaning, and I didn't dare to make it so delicious and easy to use like in previous years. In previous years, Sun Changhai and Zhengsong would prepare enough firewood before going up the mountain, and they would not let their families lack firewood to burn throughout the winter. Last year, Sun Changhai twisted his waist, and Zhengsong also left. As a result, the mother was at home, and there was no firewood to burn in Layue, so there was no way, so Wu had to take his two sons up the mountain to collect firewood. In the past, when Zhengsong was at home, he never let his younger brothers do it outside the house, but now, the two of them have to work. After a winter, the two boys understood how blessed they had been before.

When Sun Changhai came back, the whole family was very happy, and Wu threw herself into her husband's arms crying and laughing. Zhengbai and Zhengyang also lowered their heads and confessed their mistakes to their fathers. Sun Changhai immediately decided to send his two sons to the school in Wudaogou and would not go to the county seat in the future. And after school, both boys have to help the family.

Sun Changhai heard about Yunxue and their wasteland, and decided to open a wasteland for himself. After raising it slowly, I will farm at home in the future and don't go out to release it. After this lesson, the Wu family didn't dare to screw it with Sun Changhai, Sun Changhai said whatever he wanted, so Sun Changhai's proposal passed smoothly.

Yun Xue heard about the Sun family, and she didn't say anything, but she felt a little regretful in her heart. If Sun Changhai could be the master of the house, maybe he and Zhengsong would still be together. Now, it's useless to think about this, and Yunxue doesn't care about these anymore, it's still important to live.

In mid-March, it was already warm outside, and many people began to clean up in the fields, just waiting for a while longer to plant.

On this day, some people came to the village, and the one who walked in front was Hao Laixi, who was "dressed up". The man walked into the village with his hands behind his back and his stomach shy, looking very arrogant.

"Let's go, let's go, if you want to get rich, come with me, and go to the South China Sea to make a fortune and be an uncle." Hao Laixi shouted as he walked. "Hey, if there is no woman to stand at Mashitai Station, it is like Wang Sun Gongzi entering the Jinluan Palace, then it is all addiction. Go to the South China Sea to put a platoon, come back and marry a daughter-in-law, and the good days will come. ”

At this time, many people in the village were sitting outside, and some people said, "Don't look like this kid is slippery and talks a lot of nonsense, but what he said is really true." Look at the Han family, Yun Xue girl came back after being released once, didn't she make a lot of money? People have bought a lot of land, and after that, life is getting better and better. ”

When Grandma Li heard this, she shook her head, "Don't look at how much money people make, that's also desperate." Isn't Han Yong an example? went to put the row, and there was no return, and there were more. Waiting for idlers, it's not really unbearable, who is willing to let a man put it in the row? ”

The young people in the village didn't care about that, everyone followed behind Hao Laixi and came to the open space in the middle of the village. Naturally, they wanted to inquire about the price of this year's arrangement. Yunxue is a girl's family, and she can go to the row to make money, if these young men don't dare, wouldn't it be too embarrassing?

Someone brought a chair from home, put it on the open ground, and gave Hao Laixi to sit on. I saw that he asked the people around him to open the box, revealing the white silver inside. "How? Look at it, this is white silver. If you want to make money, then come and make a name, and let's go to the South China Sea to make a fortune. ”

Everyone crowded in front of them, looking at the silver, and some of them couldn't help but swallow their saliva. Finally, someone couldn't help it and asked, "Brother Hao, what is the price of this season's platoon guys?" ”

Hao Laixi stared at everyone for a while, and then said, "This season's Jiang Pai, the platoon guys are seventy taels, the Jiang donkey is seventy-five taels, the head is ninety taels, and the two and Bian Yi are all eighty taels. ”

When everyone listened, some said that the price was low, "This year is so chaotic, this is not yet spring ploughing, and the price of grain has risen." Seventy taels is not much. ”

There is a leader who says this, and everyone will echo it, and everyone wants to raise the price a little more. "Yes, yes. Gao Li on the other side of the river has been making a fuss, and we will not stop following here, the days are sad, seventy taels, or a little less. ”

Hao Laixi pondered for a moment, and then said, "Everyone, I am also entrusted by others. In this way, if you want to go to the platoon, you can register with me. Waiting for the second cabinet to come, you can discuss with him again, we are all villagers, and the second cabinet will not give this bit of affection. However, the number of people I want here is also limited, and if you are late, you will let others take possession of it at that time. ”

Hao Laixi said the number of people needed this season, "There is a head who needs to be good in water, have done this business, and have experience." One of the two is good in water and strong in body. One side is the same as the second one. There are ten men in the row left, and six donkeys in Jiang, you see, if there are not enough people here, I have to find someone elsewhere. ”

As soon as these young people heard this, some of them hurriedly stepped forward to sign up.

Yun Zhen was also in the crowd, watching everyone sign up, his heart also came alive. Last year, the eldest sister was able to go to the row, so she should be able to do it herself. Yun Zhen thought about it for a while and decided to go back and discuss it with his eldest sister.

"Eldest sister, there are people looking for a platoon boy over there, and I want to go too. Big sister, okay? Yun Zhen ran into the house in a hurry, gasping and asking Yun Xue.

Yun Xue raised her head and looked at Yun Zhen, "Second brother, it's not so easy to do it, you're young, don't go, right?" Waiting for you to be fifteen next year, the eldest sister will not care about you, you can go wherever you want. Although Yunlin is gone, everyone has not changed their words, after so many years, it is not easy to change their words, so they simply don't change it.

"Eldest sister, look at me, I'm a lot taller than you. As long as I don't say it, who knows I'm only fourteen? I have a lot of strength, I'm good at kung fu, I'm fine. Yun Zhen refused to listen to the eldest sister and tried to persuade Yun Xue.

"Second brother, you also know that Yun Lin has just left not long ago. If you leave the house to put the platoon again, there will be only a few of us at home, will you make us feel better? It's not that our family can't go on, and today's days, we are getting more and more rushed. At such a time, what are you going to put in a row? Also, after waiting for spring ploughing, I will go and invite our father's bones back and bury them with our mother. You are the eldest son of our family, can this kind of thing be missing you? Yun Xue's face had a rare seriousness, she didn't want her younger brother to go out and take risks at a young age, it was too dangerous to let go.

"I have no objection to you going to the mountain field in winter. But this water field, we'd better not go there, it's too dangerous. Yun Xue persuaded softly.

Yun Zhen thought for a while, Tianfu is only eleven this year, Yun Ting is ten years old, and Yun Lei is eight years old, and there is indeed no man who can stand up for it. If you leave by yourself, there are many things at home, which is really inconvenient. "Okay, then I'll listen to the eldest sister, and I'm not going to go this year. Waiting for Tianfu and Yunting to be bigger and able to stand up to things, I still have to go out. ”

Yun Xue saw that her younger brother no longer insisted, and her heart was relieved, so she smiled. "The eldest sister doesn't want to stumble on your feet, when you are older, you can go wherever you like, and the eldest sister will not stop you. Manly? You should go out and create a career when the time comes, and it can be regarded as not in vain. Okay, don't think about this yet, we should go and clean up the wasteland again, and in a few days, we will have to plant. ”

Yun Zhen nodded, "It's okay, there are too many jobs at home, if you rely on the eldest sister and Tianfu alone, you really can't do it." Okay, don't worry, eldest sister, I won't be going this year. By the way, I'll go get a few fish, at this time, the fish are about to bite the flood, there are a lot of them. Let's get some fish and add some dishes. At this time, every household doesn't have much to eat. ”

After the beginning of spring, the Chinese cabbage that was originally stored is long gone, and the radishes are all bran and can no longer be eaten. At this time, everyone is usually pickles, or dried vegetables in autumn. The Han family is not bad, there is still a little bit of game to add, plus Yun Zhen goes to get a few fish back from time to time, and the dinner table is quite good.

As soon as Tianfu heard this, he went out with Yun Zhen. These two people are generally together, going up and down the mountains and rivers, and rarely act alone. So, the two of them took their things and left.