The twenty-eighth year of Yongchang, autumn.

Boyang County, Yuquan Town, Erqiao Village.

The autumn wind is bleak and the weather is cool, and the grass and trees shake and fall into frost.

When the frost falls, everything is finished. The rice in the field is already fruitful, and at a glance it is a continuous wave, and the golden and yellow color dyes the autumn wind with a warm color.

At the time of busy farming, the fields of Erqiao Village are crowded, and they are the lazy people who are the most homeless on weekdays, and the women who are long in the east and short in the west.

Young and strong women cut rice and harvest grain, old women and aunts eat pot pulp, and in the entire Erqiao Village, only children under the age of seven have never gone to the field.

Losing control, a group of naughty children suddenly burst into joy.

The head of the village and the end of the village, the hill by the river, have become their territory. Catch birds, touch fish, pick persimmons, fight crickets...... When I go out, I am still clean and neat, and when I get home, I become a mud monkey, and I will inevitably be fried with bamboo shoots and meat by my father.

But the fried meat with bamboo shoots can't stop the naughty boys' hearts.

Xie Dayou in the east of the village, Xie Dayou led his three sons and two daughters-in-law, and went to work in the fields early in the morning.

After packing the food, they went out with baskets to bring food to the workers in the fields, and the two granddaughters of the big house followed behind each of them with a pot full of water in one hand.

The old Xu family walked on the front foot, two white and tender little hands poked out from the gap in the hidden door, a pair of black and white eyes looked out of the crack in the door, and saw that the figure had disappeared, and the dripping and rolling eyes couldn't help blinking.

- It's free time to play!

Xie Shi struggled to open the courtyard door and ran out with a puff of smoke.

In the open space at the head of the village, a group of children had gathered, the youngest was three years old, the oldest was seven years old, they sat in a circle around a flat big bluestone, and when they saw Xie Shi running over with their little short legs, they couldn't help jumping up and waving loudly.

"Thank you!"

"Come on, come on, I'll be waiting for you."

Where has such a scene ever been before? Since the four-year-old Xie Shi joined half a year ago, he is younger than everyone else, not only has a basket of stories in his head, but even catches crickets can catch the most beaten, and he will casually come up with a few brilliant ideas when playing...... A group of naughty children who are all over the mountains seem to have a backbone, and even where to play and what to play every day are discussed and looked like.

"It's coming, it's coming!"

Xie Shi waved happily, and at the same time kicked the little short legs into hot wheels, and ran over to meet the friends.

A group of children rushed up and hugged the snoring and panting Xie Shi in the middle, and they also deliberately gave up the clean and smooth big bluestone as Xie Shi's throne.

The two eldest children even lifted the sleeves of the sackcloth and wiped them, and helped Xie Shi, who was short legs, to sit on the stone.

Without waiting for him to sit down, the friends spoke babblingly.

"What to play? Storytelling, or catching crickets? ”

"I want to listen to the Monkey King! The Monkey King broke into the Dragon Palace and got a powerful golden hoop stick, what else? ”

"It must have been a belt with dragon tendons!"

"You're so stupid! That's Nezha! ”

"The Monkey King can't tell, but ...... Without. Xie Shi, who was sitting on the big bluestone, shook his little head and spread his hands, "I haven't dreamed of it yet." ”

"Huh? Without? ”

Hearing him say this, the group of children was disappointed.

The elated children were depressed one by one, and they had already experienced the pain of being a "eunuch" at a young age.

After a moment of disappointment, they picked themselves up again. Brother Shi'er knows a lot of stories, there is no Monkey King, there are others!

Xie Shi really did not disappoint the friends, and in the eyes of the friends, he waved his hand:

"Let's tell a new story today."

As soon as he slapped his paws, he shook his head and began to speak. This time it is about a story of a general who is loyal to the country.

At the age of four years, it is rare to be able to explain the general plot, and there are naturally no details. When encountering plots that he doesn't like or forget, he makes up casually as soon as his mind turns, but the final story is very much to the appetite of children.

As soon as the story was heard, a group of urchins were already humming and picking up branches to make swords, scrambling to pretend to be generals. In the end, Xie Shi, who still held a basket of stories, successfully won the "vote" of most of the naughty children and was "elected" as a general. Then the general's subordinates and the enemy were also selected one by one.

A group of naughty boys divided into two factions enter the play in a second.

Xie Shi stepped on the big bluestone excitedly, raised the "long knife" in his hand, and was violent, as if he was about to face thousands of troops.

"Good thief, eat me!"

He was responded to by a patchy group of children's voices.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!! ”

A fierce battle unfolded, the dust was flying, the branches were dancing, and the white and pure porcelain doll unknowingly became a clay doll.

……

The sun is setting in the west. When everyone returned home after a busy day, they saw a child who seemed to have rolled in the mud, and the child who was in charge of washing the clothes looked at the gray clothes, and her eyebrows twisted and grabbed the ears of the naughty child.

Suddenly, there was a squeaky howl from every house.

“…… Mother, I know it's wrong, and I don't dare anymore! ”

Xie Dayou in the east of the village was at home, and before the Yu family, whose eyebrows were upside down, screwed his ears, Xie Shi had already stretched out his hands to cover his ears, screaming miserably, begging for mercy.

He quietly observed Yu's face, and saw that the anger on his face dissipated, so he stepped forward again and stretched out his little paws: "Mother, you punish me, I shouldn't sneak out to play." ”

His outstretched palms were stained with ash, his fingers were very round, and he stood in place obediently and skillfully, as if he was being beaten and punished.

Yu has been married for ten years, and only then did he get such a baby bump, where is he willing to fight and scold? A child of his age should be playing with children of the same age, and it is not good to be confined to the house all the time. It's just that Yu is too nervous about this child who has been waiting for ten years, and he is always not allowed to go out alone on weekdays.

"You, you! Accustomed to pretending to be clever. Seeing her son honestly bow his head and admit his mistake, Yu's heart quickly softened, she stretched out her finger and gently poked her son's full forehead, and said angrily, "Mud monkey, don't go wash your hands quickly." ”

The mud monkey ran away with a grin, and said as he ran:

"I know, my mother loves me the most."

Looking at the little figure running away, Yu's face unconsciously showed a smile, and in a blink of an eye, she found that her sister-in-law Liu was watching from the side, and she scolded with a smile: "This kid is getting more and more naughty." ”

Liu knew that his younger siblings were just talking, but in fact he was reluctant to move a finger of his precious son, if anyone said that her son was not good, she would definitely not follow. He only smiled and persuaded: "Brother Shi'er is still young, and he should be naughty." Boys love to run and jump, so it's good to be lively. I think our brother is smart and clever, and the hundreds of other families are not as good as him. ”

The smile on Yu's face couldn't be suppressed, but he said, "...... Sister-in-law, don't praise him. There are a pair of well-behaved girls like Sister Mei and Sister Lan, who doesn't envy them? My mud monkeys, it's good to have them sensible. Brother Song is also a filial piety, and he will become a doctor in the future, sister-in-law, your blessing is still to come. ”

Compared with the dissatisfaction of the two-room couple who only had a son in ten years, the eldest son Xie Song is thirteen years old, and now he is an apprentice in a medical hall in the town, and he can't come back, eleven-year-old Xie Mei and nine-year-old Xie Lan were born to be beautiful and beautiful, one is generous and sensible, the other is gentle and well-behaved, how can Liu not love? Yu's words undoubtedly boasted into her heart.

The atmosphere between the concubines became more and more intimate, you praise my son, I praise your children twice, and the three-room daughter-in-law Zhang, who has only been in the door for a year and has not yet given birth, can't interject next to her, and inexplicably feels as if she has been excluded.

The harmonious and pleasant atmosphere continued to the dinner table.

One table for men, one table for women and children, Lao Xu was in charge, first serving a big bowl of rice to the men who worked the hardest, and then serving rice to the three daughters-in-law, and then Xie Mei, Xie Lan, and the youngest Xie Shi.

The same is true for the division of meat, Xie Dayou and his three sons have the most share, Lao Xu and his three daughters-in-law are second, and finally the three children. Xie Shi is young and has a small amount of food, so he gets the least slices of meat, but he has a small portion of egg custard more than others.

Although the Xie family raises chickens, most of the eggs are kept and sold for money, and only pregnant women and young children have this unique egg custard. Although Xie Mei Xie Lan is greedy, he is also sensible not to compete with his little cousin.

The meal was not sumptuous, but the family ate very fragrantly, each eating their own, not fighting or grabbing, and chatting about the anecdotes in the village from time to time to accompany the rice, and the meal immediately tasted more fragrant.

Xie Dayou and the old Xu family are affectionate, unlike other families who can tear a needle and thread brain into a dog brain, and they can't help but be pleased that their own vision is good, and they have never married a few family spirits back to their son. didn't look at the old Zhang family, married a shrew and entered the door, and the two sons made a fuss and couldn't get along.

His eyes swept over the three tall and boring sons, the two flower-like granddaughters, and the last little group who was sitting crookedly, and the old couple's faces were almost smiling.

The fatigue of a day's farm work was swept away in an instant. Even the rickety waist couldn't help but straighten a little.

Thinking that in the past, he escaped from the famine and came to Erqiao Town to take root, and now decades have passed, raising three sons, marrying wives and giving birth to children for them, Xie Dayou thinks that this life is very happy.

The eldest son, Xie Mu, is honest and responsible, and he is a good hand at farm work, and his daughter-in-law is competitive and gave birth to his eldest grandson early. The second son, Xie Lin, has not had a son and a half daughter for many years, which once worried the old couple, but fortunately, there was a result four years ago, which was all on their minds. Now that the youngest son Xie Sen has also become a parent, there is nothing to worry about at home...... No, there's another one.

Xie Dayou's eyes fell on the small dumpling of dry rice, and saw him holding a small bowl with one paw and a rice spoon with the other, picking up rice, eating with bulging cheeks, and not forgetting to say something with the two sisters next to him.

clearly only has two hands and one mouth, while burying his head in eating, while gesturing, he does not delay on both sides.

Xie Shi talked about his dream last night, and recalled intermittently: "The Monkey King didn't, but there was a child who cried miserably, and I coaxed it all ......night."

It's strange to say, dreaming is not a common thing, ordinary people just dream of something, and it is also illogical, and they can't remember it clearly when they wake up, but Xie Shi is not ordinary.

Since he was conscious, he has had all kinds of strange dreams, dreaming of many strange and bizarre things; I also dreamed of all kinds of people, from the elderly to the young. It's just that this time I dreamed of a child younger than him, and I coaxed him all night.

Xie Shi didn't think there was anything wrong with the four-year-old child coaxing the child in the dream, and he was still in high spirits to describe what he saw in the dream to the two sisters. The two elder sisters couldn't bear to live up to the little cousin's hard work, and tried to build in their minds what the little cousin said: "a spacious and bright house", "so bright clothes and jewelry", "a child who cries so miserably", and "what a delicious snack".

In the end, the sisters just swallowed lightly and asked enviously, "Is it really that delicious?" Better than the osmanthus cake in town? ”

Xie Shi nodded repeatedly.

"It's white, it's crispy, it's sweet and delicious!"

Recalling the snacks that the child in his dream invited him to eat, the brown rice in Xie Shi's mouth became sweet. His large, round eyes were shining, and through his eyes, it seemed that he could see the glamorous and beautiful world in his dreams, which was different from reality.

There was a moment of silence at the dinner table.

The Xie family had to admit that this child, who had been looking forward to them for ten years, was indeed a little miraculous.

But such a chicken nest, where is it worthy of a phoenix?

Yu's heart was sour, both happy and sad.

“…… My son is a great creation. ”

She pulled out a smile, but the corner of her sleeve was hooked.

Seeing that the little tuanzi beside him had finished cooking, he put the bowl and spoon aside and jumped off the stool, grabbed her cuff with his left hand, and said in a serious tone: "My mother gave birth to me, isn't the creation greater?" ”

Although Xie Shi is young, he is very sensitive to emotions. Sensing the depressed mood of my parents, grandmothers, aunts and sisters, a question mark popped up in my head: Is it because I ate delicious snacks in my dream, but my parents couldn't eat them?

…… Well, it's not good to eat alone, it's not good.

"I can't change the snack in my dream now." He furrowed his eyebrows depressedly, and the next moment he cheered up, and said proudly, "Sooner or later, everyone will be able to eat it!" ”

[Tick-]

There seemed to be a distant and illusory voice ringing in my ears.

[Host dreams detected to have been generated.] ］

[The system of learning the sea is officially launched.] ］