Walking on the road, Li Changshun said there: "I haven't seen it either, I heard that those people's eyes are red, although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, but if you walk alone on the road without any means, it is easy to be robbed." This thing has not happened less, I used to pull the mountain goods collected by the consignment point, and it was blocked several times, but fortunately I brought something. ”

After listening, Wang Qiuju was also a little scared!

Because it was in the mountains, and it was early spring, she always felt that a few people would suddenly come out of the nearby woods.

Yang Xiaole was also looking around.

There is only a small amount of flat land along the way, and most of it is hills or hills with no end in sight.

At this time, there are many people working in the hills or fields.

It is located at the junction of the north and south, and the spring planting is earlier than in Kyoto.

I don't know if there are fewer people blocking the road and robbing people, or if Li Changshun is an acquaintance, and he was safe and sound along the way.

At about four o'clock, the group arrived at the destination, the production brigade.

Li Changshun put down the two people at the intersection of a small road, pointed to the path and said: "Two or three miles ahead is Yangtai, you should know each other when you get to the place, right?" I'm not going to send you there. ”

Wang Qiuju glanced at the direction of the path, turned around and nodded with a smile.

"Brother Li, thank you today! This money is given to you. ”

As he spoke, he took out the five cents he had prepared and handed it to him.

Li Changshun smiled and confiscated: "This is not in your city, don't be too polite, anyway, it's also a stop, what kind of money do you want!" I haven't confiscated the money from the others! Alright, I'll go first! ”

After saying that, he drove the mule away.

Wang Qiuju was not reluctant when she saw this.

In the past, the village did not charge money, but after all, it is a village, and it has not been back for too long.

Turning his head to Yang Xiaole, who was looking around, he shouted: "Xiaole, let's go, I haven't been back for too long." I don't even know what has become of me. ”

Then he led him towards the path.

There are a few households and farmland scattered along the way.

The houses here are not quite the same as in the north.

Most of them don't have yards, and there is a small threshing floor at the door, which is very leveled.

At this time, there were melodious voices on the loudspeaker:

……

The commune is an ivy

The members are all melons on the vine

The melon is connected to the vine

The vine is holding the melon

The fatter the vine, the sweeter the melon

The stronger the vine, the bigger the melon

……

The green vines of the commune are ten thousand families

Work together to grow crops

The hands are diligent and the crops are good

The heart is full of strength

The collective economy has developed greatly

The hearts of the members of the club blossomed

…………

Crossing a farmland, Wang Qiuju stopped in front of a thatched house and looked around.

"It's been a long time since I've been here, and I don't even know this place now." Wang Qiuju took a look, pointed to a path on the edge of the village and said, "Go this way, it's not far ahead." ”

Yang Xiaole glanced at it, this is a ridge, the right is the farmland, and the left is the village house and grove.

After walking along the road for a while, the people working in the fields looked at the two people curiously.

And the children playing in the village also gathered around.

They were wearing torn cotton jackets with patches on them, and some of them were torn, revealing the blackened cotton wool and a small amount of straw inside.

Several of the children carried guns on their backs, but they were all wooden.

There are also some wooden sticks, bamboo poles.

"What are you doing??"

One of them, a half-grown boy, with a gun made of wood in his hand, asked the two men.

The tone is the tone in the movie.

Seeing this, Wang Qiuju stopped, looked at these children, and said with a smile: "I'll go to Wang Shuisheng's house, who of you know?" ”

The little one looked at each other, and then spoke; "You all know, who are you?"

"I'm his eldest sister!"

Several people looked at each other suspiciously, pointed in the direction in front and said, "It's over there." ”

Wang Qiuju nodded when she heard this.

Seems to be not mistaken.

"You guys play, let's go first."

After saying that, he left.

A few children were just about to follow, when an angry voice came from behind them: "Wang Ba Lamb, you are not lying at home and still running out to play, you want to starve to death?" ”

Hearing this voice, the faces of several people changed.

Hurriedly learned the plot on TV, and waved his hand: "If you find the enemy, hide quickly." ”

Then several people and children ran away in a swarm.

Yang Xiaole looked at Zhile.

After walking for a while, I saw an old man in front of me, standing on the ridge of the field and watching the people in the field work.

Because at this time, a young man in a tunic was there in the field to guide people.

Wang Qiuju and the others also stopped and watched there.

I saw the young man shouting there: "Gao Qiang, how many times have I told you, this pit is too shallow." The seed is to be buried deeply, today you are the white flag. ”

After speaking, he took a small white flag and stuck it on the other party's back.

The middle-aged man who was working there muttered: "How can there be such a farmer, buried 3 feet, can this kind of seed still grow?" ”

"Why can't it? It's a steering group, can you be better than them? ”

When he had finished speaking, he shouted, "You are suspicious... Road... Is the line wrong? ”

Hearing this, Gao Qiang smiled stupidly: "Director Wu, I didn't mean that, it's just that we haven't planted like this!" ”

Secretary Wu said angrily: "Of course you haven't seen it, this is all a method that has been studied and explored, and we must change the traditional agricultural planting methods before, so that we can produce more food to support national construction." Don't you hear all of the above? The ground is turned over three feet three, and the grain is piled up into a mountain! Okay, hurry up and get to work, this year's spring plowing task is very heavy. ”

Gao Qiang nodded when he heard this: "Okay, I'll dig a little deeper." ”

After saying that, he picked up the shovel and began to dig again.

Seeing this, Officer Wu came to work next to him and gestured with a bamboo pole.

Then he nodded approvingly: "Well, yes, the target has been reached, and you can order corn." ”

Hearing this, the man who worked next to him went to the bag next to him, grabbed a handful of corn kernels, threw them into the pit, and began to fill in the earth.

Yang Xiaole shook his head.

At this time, the old man on the ridge also saw Yang Xiaole and the two of them.

He took a puff of welding smoke and asked strangely, "Who are you looking for?" Where did it come from? ”

Seeing this, Wang Qiuju smiled and said, "Uncle, I'll go to Wang Shuisheng's house!" ”

Hearing this, the old man thought for a while, and then suddenly came over: "Oh, are you Qiu Ju?" ”

"Hey, yes, yes, you're ......"

Wang Qiuju nodded frequently, looked at him strangely, and didn't recognize who it was.

After looking at the other party carefully, he asked with some hesitation, "Are you...... The three (uncles)? ”

Seeing this, the old man nodded slightly: "Do you still recognize it?" I thought you didn't even recognize me! I wrote your letter for your brother. ”

After saying that, he sighed.

Wang Qiuju was also surprised: "It's really you!" I almost didn't recognize it. ”

"Hey, how old were you when you left? I just gave birth to your eldest child, but I'm too old. ”

After the old man finished speaking, he looked at Yang Xiaole next to him: "How old is this?" Will you just two come back? ”

Wang Qiuju glanced at Yang Xiaole, "This is the third child in our family, just the two of us came back, the third (uncle), you are now the production captain?" ”

This style can still be seen.

Wang Baoshan nodded: "Well, if your uncle is gone, I will be the captain." ”

Wang Qiuju nodded lightly, looked at the person in the field and said, "Who is that?" Cadres stationed in the village? What is this in? ”

There used to be such people in the village. That's it.

Hearing this, Wang Baoshan turned his head and looked: "Well, they are cadres from the village sent by the commune to guide us in spring planting. ”

Wang Qiuju nodded and asked curiously, "If you plant so deeply, can it still sprout?" ”

I've been planting the land for so many years, and I've never heard of burying it so deeply.

Wang Baoshan also shook his head: "I don't know, but the commune said that this method, what kind of experts or scientists are here, and the new planting method that is researched and tested together should not be a big problem!" Otherwise, they wouldn't have let us do that. ”

Experts, scientists, what kind of people is that.

The existence that makes people look up.

Hearing this, Wang Qiuju also nodded in disbelief: "Oh, that's it, it should be fine." ”

Yang Xiaole looked at it from the side.

Damn, a one-meter-deep hole, what seed can germinate?

And there are too many grain seeds in this hole.

It's good to give these people the extra food, but these people look hungry and have no strength to work, and they don't have any energy at all.

Seeing this, Wang Qiuju said, "The three big, then you are busy first, let's go to my brother's house first." ”

Wang Baoshan thought for a while and said, "I'll come with you, and tell you about the situation by the way." ”

Hearing this, Wang Qiuju did not refuse.

The three of them then walked towards the village.

Walking on the road, Wang Baoshan opened his mouth and said: "Qiu Ju, when you left here, Shui Sheng was not married, their eldest seedling was already married, and the wheat was in your sister-in-law's house!" ”

Wang Qiuju heard that her walking movements were slow, and her brows furrowed.

Puzzled, he asked, "Three, if the wheat is at my sister-in-law's house, then what do you mean by writing that letter?" Why did this letter come so late? ”

If you haven't been in touch before, it's okay to say.

But now that they have been connected, this big thing is actually known to my sister.

It doesn't make sense.

Yang Xiaole was also strange for a while.

At this time, the thinking in the countryside was very feudal, and there were many old traditions.

For example, if the mother dies at home, even if it is far away, the nephew has to go to the funeral and kowtow to invite the uncle to come over, but the uncle is not present, and the burial is not allowed.

And my mother fled with my father, and later got in touch.

It's okay not to wait for her to come, but it's not right not to write a letter to inform her.

Although the letter has come now, it is at least more than a month late.

Wang Baoshan took a puff of welding smoke and said: "That's the meaning of aquatic, wheat goes to the eldest brother's house, also because wheat is their niece." ”

Wang Qiuju took a deep breath and said slowly: "I'm afraid it's not because of this!" Is it waiting for a pension? ”

Last year, there were also deaths in their village, and there were more than 100 pensions and funeral expenses.

I guess I believe that my sister-in-law knows.

The reason why I came so late was probably to wait for the money for the funeral expenses and pensions to be paid, and then kick the wheat away, so that there was this belated letter.

After all, Wheat is a girl.

If it were a boy, he wouldn't have been treated like this.

Wang Baoshan did not speak when he heard this.

Seeing his expression, Wang Qiuju already knew that this was the same as what he had guessed.

He took a deep breath and quietly followed.

Yang Xiaole looked at the village curiously from behind, and followed the two people towards the village.

Halfway through, Wang Baoshan saw a figure walking slowly in front of him, and the target was the left front of several people.

Hurriedly shouted: "Wheat! ”

Hearing the voice, the other party stopped, "Third Daddy (Third Grandfather), what are you doing?" ”

Wang Qiuju looked at the little girl in front of her who was dirty and had two braids, and hesitated: "Three, this is ...... This is wheat? ”

Wang Baoshan nodded lightly: "Well, she is Wheat, the second child of your brother's (brother's) family." ”

After speaking, he looked at Wheat: "Wheat, this is your aunt!" She's back to see you. ”

Hearing this, Wheat blinked his eyes and pursed his lips to look at the two of them.

Don't dare to speak.

Seeing this, Wang Qiuju hurriedly walked over: "Wheat, I'm my aunt!" We just got back from out of town. ”

After speaking, he looked at the rice bowl she was holding in both hands.

Inside is a gruel with a clear soup and little water, with something green, I don't know what kind of wild vegetables it is.

Seeing this, Mai bit his lip: "I cooked at my eldest mother's house, and now I go home to eat and sleep." ”

Wang Qiuju looked at Wang Baoshan when she heard this: "Three, don't you say that wheat is at your sister-in-law's house?" How do you go home to eat and go home to sleep? ”

Wang Baoshan nodded: "Well, the rations for wheat are on your sister-in-law's side, she goes to cook every day, eats and goes back to her house to sleep." ”

Hearing this, Wang Qiuju took a deep breath.

looked at wheat and said, "Wheat, go, take my aunt to your house." ”

Seeing this, Mai looked at Wang Baoshan with some hesitation: "Third Daddy ......"

Wang Baoshan smiled: "Don't be afraid, she is your aunt, not an outsider, you haven't seen it, don't you see it now!" ”

Hearing him say this, Wheat hesitated.

In the end, he nodded and took the lead and walked forward.

Several people followed.

After a while, they came to a thatched hut.

It is a row of mud houses, with a fence to the left of the house, which looks like the place where chickens used to be raised, but it is now empty.

The wooden door was unlocked and opened with a push.

There were no lights, and it was pitch black inside.

As the door opened, the inside was a little brighter.

There is a table of eight immortals in the hall, and an incense table on it.

It is a three-room interconnected house, without partitions, with a few things stacked inside, and a bed in the innermost part.

Wheat put down the rice bowl, bit his lip, thought for a while and said, "There is no food at home!" I'll go to my mother's house and ask her to get you something to eat. ”

Wang Qiuju shook her head: "It's okay, you don't care about us." Then he looked at the situation at home. ”

After looking around, he asked, "Don't you have a picture of your father?" ”

Wheat shook his head when he heard this: "No! Photo studios are only available in the county, which is too far away and too expensive. Didn't shine. ”

Hearing this, Wang Qiuju's nose was sour.

The eyes were straight red.

wiped his eyes, touched the little girl's head and asked, "Where is your father buried?" I'll take a look. ”

Seeing this, Wang Baoshan said directly: "What time is it now, let's go tomorrow." You go to your sister-in-law's house to have a look, and I'll go back first. Dinner at our house in the evening. ”

Hearing this, Wang Qiuju thought about it, and finally nodded.

The afternoon really wasn't quite suitable.

And it's a new grave.

"Three, you are in a hurry (don't worry), you tell me about wheat, I see your letter, saying that you want to be a relative, what's going on?"

Wang Baoshan thought about it when he heard this, and nodded.

Sitting on a bench next to him, he smoked a welding smoke and said, "This is the meaning of aquatic." He confessed when he was dying, and as for how to get it later, it's up to you. ”

Wang Qiuju was also entangled for a while.

She actually has no opinion on this family business, and it is also a trust from her brother before he dies.

The problem is that after Yang Xiaole said that day that she was not allowed to marry close relatives, she also went to ask about it.

The older generation in the courtyard felt that it was nothing, but they also said that the law does not allow it now.

There's also the issue of streamlining things.

She didn't know what the rest of the story would be!

But the wheat thing can't be left alone.

In fact, the relationship between the three brothers and sisters was very good before, but after the eldest brother got married, it began to fade, and there was some friction from time to time.

But this younger brother was brought up by her since he was a child.

And every time something happens, from this younger brother to her, even Yang Guangzhi, who can't beat a fart with his three sticks, has been beaten by him.

Glancing at the blank wheat, she sighed.

Thinking of something, I opened the package and took out a paper bag of peach cakes from it.

"Wheat, eat some biscuits."

He took one out and handed it to her.

Seeing that Mai bit her lip and swallowed her saliva, she just didn't answer, she stuffed it directly: "I'm your aunt, what are you polite to me!" ”

Seeing this, the wheat took the peach crisp and ate it carefully.

"Is it delicious?"

Seeing this, Wang Qiuju rubbed her head and asked with a smile.

"Well, it's delicious!"

Wheat pursed her lips and nodded.

Looking at her expression, Wang Qiuju asked with a straight face, "What do you call me?" Haven't you called me until now? ”

Hearing this, Mai looked at Wang Baoshan hesitantly, and then looked at her.

Only then did he slowly shout: "Auntie! ”

Hearing this, Wang Qiuju smiled: "Hey, this is good!" You put your aunt's things away, I'll go to your aunt's house, and I'll come back later. ”

After speaking, he looked at Wang Baoshan next to him.

Seeing this, the other party nodded, explained, and went out with the two of them again.

Wheat looked at the backs of several people leaving, and bit her lower lip gently.

Looking at the piece of peach cake in his hand again, he hurriedly went back and bolted the door.

(End of chapter)