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Xu Wei'an's cousin Sun Lin was admitted to the fourth middle school in the county last year.Although No. [-] Middle School is not the best high school in the county, it is also one of the top middle schools.It takes a few years for a high school student to be born in the village, and my cousin can be regarded as a well-known talent in the village. Therefore, my cousin has undoubtedly become the treasure of the whole family, and of course the idol of all the brothers and sisters in the family.Every time he came home, there was a lot of chaos at home - these days, it was not easy to have enough food, let alone something delicious, and the brothers and sisters all came up with unique ways to improve the food for him.

My uncle’s cousin Sun Yang and cousin Sun Yue are older, and they are good at catching loaches, eels and birds. When they are busy with farming, they bring tools to catch some eels and raise them.Birds have little meat and are not easy to preserve. They are often caught and roasted by them.Xu Wei'an grew up thin and small, and was not very good at climbing trees to catch birds, so he and his cousin Sun Yan caught cicadas in the morning and evening.

The village is next to the river, and the fish and shrimps in the river are often missed by people, so the number is not large, and they do not grow big.Xu Wei'an's cousins ​​have been selling canned jars in the river all year round, filled with earthworms, and they can catch many fish and shrimps with the length of a thumb.The small fish and shrimps caught are kept in a small water tank in the yard of the old house. If there are too many, grandma will clean them up, wrap them in egg flour, and fry them in oil to improve the food for the children.The fish and shrimp are usually only as long as the thumb, not much meat, but very fragrant.A few days ago, when Xu Wei'an first came to the summer vacation, his grandmother had fried small fish and shrimp once.In the past few days, they have gathered a lot, which are reserved for Sun Lin.Everyone was looking forward to the stars and the moon, as if they were looking forward to Sun Lin's return soon.

In the morning, grandpa went out to meet his chess friends, Xu Wei'an and Sun Yan helped grandma water the vegetable patch.The vegetable field of my grandmother's house is behind the old house, and there are tomatoes, small green vegetables, water spinach, leeks, etc., as well as several peach and apricot trees.Because grandma is diligent and often takes care of it, the vegetables in the vegetable garden are growing gratifyingly.

At noon, I went to the river to collect the cans, and the harvest was not bad.In the afternoon, I collected cicada monkey shells all over the village with my cousin.Xu Wei'an and Sun Yan have been catching cicada monkeys for many years, and found that there are the most cicada monkeys in the forest on the south bank of the river (grandma's house is on the north bank). I found the monkey shell in it.

Cicada monkey shell is a traditional Chinese medicine that can cure colds and coughs.During the summer vacation, he and his cousin collected a lot of cicada monkey shells, and some of them were reserved for the elderly to boil water to drink to prevent a cold, and the rest were sold.One yuan per catty, if you sell cicada monkey shells in one summer vacation, you can get a lot of money.Although most of the money earned was handed over to the adults in the end, the two of them invested in the monkey shell and enjoyed it.The cousins ​​of the uncle's family generally don't play around with them.The two of them are not young, and they usually work in the fields with adults.

After visiting the bamboo forest and woods in the village, the sun was almost setting, so the two quickly put away their tools, picked up the basket containing the cicada shells and rushed home.

Sure enough, as soon as I arrived at the gate of my uncle's courtyard, I heard my little aunt who had come back from the field excitedly say: "Swallow, your brother is back, and now he is going to the old house, you go and have a look. Oh, yes, your brother took A classmate came back, you and An An go to see if there are enough leeks in the old house, if not, cut some from our house and send them over, your grandma will make dumplings at night."

The uncle squatted in the yard, knocked the tobacco rod on the ground to get out the ashes, and casually squeezed some tobacco leaves from the tobacco leaf bag hanging on his waist, pressed them into the pipe, squinted his eyes and said, "Your brother, classmate, come here!" I don’t have any good things to entertain at home, so you can send over two catties of white flour in a while.”

"Aw! Aw! My brother is back!" Sun Yan jumped three feet high, screaming strangely, threw the bamboo pole to the corner, pulled the little aunt into the room, and urged: "Mom, you go to weigh the flour now, I'll bring the basin."

"Sister Yanzi, little aunt, I'll help you." Xu Wei'an blinked and saw that his uncle and himself were left in the yard. He quickly put the basket by the corner and ran away with his tail between his legs.

The little aunt is a hearty and strong woman, she looks very white, both Sun Yan and Sun Lin follow her.My uncle looks pretty good, but when he was young, his family was too poor and there were too many children, so he couldn’t keep up with his nutrition.Although my uncle was not imposing in appearance, Xu Wei'an was most afraid of him at his grandmother's house.My uncle was very strict with Xu Wei'an, which made Xu Wei'an, who was not very talkative, dare not say anything in front of him.A few days ago, Xu Wei'an forgot to fill up the water tank in the old house and was reprimanded by him.Being alone with him now, Xu Wei'an felt a little uncomfortable and a little timid, and ran away without saying hello.

Sun Yucai, the uncle in the yard, looked at Xu Wei'an's back, frowned, struck a match and lit a cigarette, took a puff and then slowly exhaled, the smoke was so thick that it was impossible to see what his expression was.

Weighing two catties of white noodles, the two went to the vegetable garden of the uncle's house to cut a bunch of leeks, and carried them to the old house.

"Grandma!" Xu Wei'an saw the figure in front of the old house from a distance, and pulled Sun Yan to run over.

"Hey, I just said that there are not enough leeks. I want to cut some leeks at Yanzi's house, and you will bring them over. An'an, your brother Lin Zi brought sugar, and let Yanzi go into the house to eat." After approaching, the old lady accepted it with a smile. Passing the vegetable basket in Xu Wei'an's hand, he touched his head, "Go into the house, I'll cook, and I'll have your favorite dumplings tonight."

"Grandma, there is still white noodles. My father asked me to bring them here. Make more at night, I want to eat too, hehe!" Sun Yan sent white noodles with a flattering smile.

"When did I miss you?" The old lady knocked on Sun Yan's head, dumbfounded, "Go and call your uncle's family in a while, so that you brothers and sisters can get together well." The old lady wiped the sweat from her temples , and smiled again: "Go into the house, there are guests, so don't make a fuss." Then he turned and went into the kitchen (the kitchen is separate from the main room).

Sun Lin had heard his sister yelling a long time ago, and when he came out of the room, he said with a smile, "An'an, Yanzi, come in quickly, there's something delicious for you."

"Brother Lin Zi." Xu Wei'an greeted Sun Lin with bright eyes, and Sun Lin nodded with a smile.

"Aww! Brother, you are really my god!" Sun Yan was much more unrestrained, and rushed to his brother, holding on to his brother, not letting go, laughing so hard that his mouth split open.

"Pfft!" The guests in the room sprayed directly, "Linzi, your sister is so interesting." A sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy came out with a bright smile.