Crossing the green wheat ears

In the early morning of the next day, Xiyuan led a few children, some on horseback, some in a car, and went back to Lianhua Village in a mighty way.

The village is very lively today, young and old, men and women, all with joyful smiles on their faces.

The water four miles away from the village has been neatly repaired. The scale of the canal is not large, and the dams are built around it with stones. Cheng Yi led people to the stone mountains dozens of miles away, and the stones were dug by himself, so as to save costs. .On the south side of the canal, there is a drain. If there is too much rain in summer and the canal is full, the drain can be opened to discharge part of the water.

Said it was a canal, but from Xiyuan's point of view, it looked like a bigger lake.Cheng Yi asked someone to set up a stone tablet beside the canal, engraved with Lotus Canal on it.A few rows of willow trees have been planted in the surrounding area, and now autumn has not yet arrived, and the willow branches are hanging down and fluttering with the wind.Apricot trees are planted on the periphery of the willows, which have already produced apricots this year, because the number of fruits in the first year is not large.

Xiyuan can imagine how beautiful it will be when the apricot blossoms bloom in spring, the willows are soft and the canal water is rippling.

There are very few people planting fruit trees in the local area. Therefore, when the government collects miscellaneous taxes, there is no such item. The fruit trees in the village are all planted in the fields, on both sides of the road, in short, where there is no farmland. It can be said that Lianhua Village is now a I took advantage of the loopholes in the "Law of the Great Yan" about taxation, but I don't know if it will be forcefully collected when it becomes large in the future.

The men set up a big pot at the entrance of the village. The fat pigs that had just been slaughtered were placed on top of the pot, and hot water was poured on the pigs.

After the fat pig was cleaned up, a brief worship ceremony was held beside the ditch. Then, the fat pig was divided into small pieces and put into the pot to cook.For a moment, the smell of meat filled the small sky.

The people in the village basically came out in full force, talking and laughing together, which was more lively than the New Year.Life in the Northland is hard and the living conditions are harsh. People living in such an environment spend more energy dealing with nature.

Those who come here to be officials are basically demoted or frustrated in the officialdom. When they arrive in the Northland, they feel that there is no hope for promotion, their future is bleak, or they are afraid that the court will pursue them again. They are trembling and walking on thin ice. And because the people here live in poverty and do not search much, the yamen in the north do not control the people so tightly. As long as the taxes are paid at the end of the year, the corvee that should be served is served, which seems to be governed by doing nothing.

Therefore, it is not that the Emperor Tiangao is far away.

After a lively day, in the evening, the villagers packed up and returned to their homes. From this day on, Cheng Yi was in charge of the village's Li Zheng, and Lao Li Zheng officially resigned.

Cheng Yi learned the lesson of last year's damage to the crops of the Xi family, and the first thing he did when he took office was to organize the villagers, two people every day, to take turns to guard the crops, and solemnly declared in front of all the villagers that if there was another person who harmed the crops , Once found out, immediately drive out of Lianhua Village.

It can be said that there is such a dignified place as Cheng Yi that the people in the village are shaking. people.

However, everyone still likes Cheng Yi to be upright, and believes that he can lead everyone to live a good life. Their Lianhua Village has faintly surpassed other villages, and this is all thanks to Cheng Yi.

Following such a Lizheng who is capable of doing things and doing practical things, he feels at ease, and the villagers have more expectations for the future. Good days are in the future!

Xiyuan took a short nap, woke up in the evening, sat on a small stool in the yard, and watched the family members busy.He still likes his home in Lianhua Village, which is quiet, peaceful, comfortable and warm.

"Big brother." The little one was holding a small stick, and was playing with the little bugs under the vines in the yard. When he saw Xiyuan coming out, he ran over with his two short legs, squeezing and squeezing, squeezing and squeezing. Big brother's arms.

She is already five years old this year, but in fact she is only three and a half years old. She is a bit older, and she can finally speak in sentences and pronounce clearly.Because there is only this one girl in the family, from the elders to several older brothers, all dote on her without limit.

"Big brother, look." Budian opened his small hand, and there was a small bug inside. It is called "Sister Hua" here, but it is actually a bug whose scientific name is seven-star ladybug. It is as big as a mung bean, with a black head and a red body. , a few small black spots on the back.

"Well, it's so beautiful." Xiyuan boasted along his mind.

He pursed his mouth in displeasure, with small eyes, a small nose and a small mouth, no matter how you look at it, it is rare. His two eyes are crooked, and he always looks like a smile.

Not too small, not tall, and her hair used to be yellow and thin. Two years ago, my grandma followed the advice of her neighbors in Yansui City. Grandma Li cut her short for two years, making her look like a little egg, but At that time, I was not a little young, and I didn’t know what it looked like, but the hair I grew up later was much better.

Every time I don’t click out of the village, I have to be followed by a family member. When I go out from the gate of the village wall, there is a green wheat field. I don’t have any wheat. I don’t stop at all times, my legs run fast, and I run into the wheat field , The wheat waves are rolling, the adults are standing outside, and they can't even catch the shadows. She is small, if she doesn't know how to get out, the child will be hard to find.

I don't even know that her family doesn't let her go to the wheat field, she has a lot of thoughts, she ran to the edge of the wheat field while the adults were not paying attention, and squatted there, and then saw the adults looking for her in a hurry, what a cry She didn't agree, until the adults frightened her and ignored her if she couldn't say it, then she ran out with a smile on her face.

Usually at home, there are old ladies and old men, watching the little ones while working, but if you want to go outside, you have to be a young man with good legs and feet.

At the beginning of spring, Niang Xiyuan once asked Aunt Wang to dig wild vegetables together, and if she insisted on following, Niang Xiyuan led her.

At the beginning, it was fine if I didn’t order it. I followed Xiyuan’s mother, and I was able to help find wild vegetables. My mother and I walked farther and farther, and then I turned around and couldn’t see the houses in the village. Look left See if there is no, look right to see if there is no, "Wow", I cried, and said at the door, "The home is gone, the home is gone."

Niang Xiyuan couldn't help but smile bitterly. No matter how she explained or coaxed her, it was useless. After all, she carried her back and walked back to the boundary where she could see the house at home. She pointed out the village before she stopped crying. .Therefore, if you don’t want to go out to play, the distance of the journey depends on whether you can see the houses in the village. In your heart, a house is a home, and a home is a house.

The neighbor in the next courtyard of the Xi family, Aunt Zhou’s family has a cat to catch mice. There are many mice in the village and there is little food. Basically, the cats and dogs are not fed, and they are all left to figure out their own food and clothing.

Once, the big yellow cat ran to the yard of the west house to catch the mouse, but the mouse missed it, and saw the little boy sitting on a small stool with a piece of pastry to eat, and the big yellow cats surrounded it, meowing and meowing, begging for something to eat.

If you don't order two small pieces and feed it, it will eat sweetly.I don't like big yellow cats at all. After feeding, I hugged big yellow cats to play with. The big yellow cats are also well-behaved, and they didn't stretch out their paws to scratch her.

Since then, Budian has prepared a broken bowl at home, and often put some food in it to feed the rhubarb cat.A cat is not as loyal as a dog. It is really a greedy cat. It will follow whoever gives it food. Therefore, the big yellow cat gradually spends more time at the Xi’s house and less often returns to the Zhou’s house. It has become an exclusive big cat. .

If the big yellow cat comes at night, I want to hug it under the quilt if I don’t want it. Grandma thinks the cat is catching mice all day long. It’s not clean, so don’t let it be hugged. She is obedient, but she can’t bear the big yellow cat. It’s a small idea. Too much, I took a small basket by myself, put a piece of worn clothes in it, made a cat bed for the big yellow cat, put it next to the pillow at night, when the big yellow cat came, curled up in it, snored and slept, don’t scratch The cat's tail also sleeps soundly.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, the big yellow cat didn't know what it ate, and it died. Before it died, it stared at it uncomfortably, meowed, and it made it cry, and kept crying. Calling grandma, grandma can't help it. Guess the big yellow cat may have eaten the poisoned mouse. to no avail.

It's not very sad, and I haven't looked happy for several days.I carried the big yellow cat into the vegetable garden, dug a hole and buried it, and piled up a small soil bag, with a wicker inserted next to it, and a bunch of small wild flowers picked from the wheat field were placed on the soil bag.She saw that after the people in the village were gone, it was always like this, so she followed suit and made a burial ceremony for the big yellow cat.

The family looked at Budian, feeling distressed and amused. Later, in order to comfort Budian’s little heart, grandma asked the village to bring a little yellow cat for her little granddaughter, who is only half a year old now.

Don't look at Budian who is only three and a half years old, but she is a powerful girl. Once Mrs. Zhou's little grandson, I don't know how to provoke Budian. Budian was eating at the time, holding a pair of chopsticks, holding a fire stick, The boy who was two years older than him was forced to run around the house.

Until now, Aunt Zhou still sighed when she saw it was not ordered, "Our kid is really a bear egg bun, let your family not order it and run around with chopsticks, alas, what if you are still like this when you grow up?" all."

The closest thing is Goudan brother, every time Goudan comes back, she becomes a little tail, brother, brother doesn't listen to him, but she also likes big brother, and wants him to hug him and hug him if there is nothing to do neck coquettish.

Xiyuan hugged Budian, caught a dragonfly for her, tied the dragonfly with a thin thread, and asked Budian to hold her hand. The two brothers sat outside the gate together, waiting for the other children in the family to come back, including Goudan. Inside, led by Wei Cheng, went to swim in the canal.