Crossing the green wheat ears

The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, and Xiyuan's parents haven't come back yet. Although the grandparents didn't say anything in front of the two brothers, Xiyuan can still see anxiety from their expressions.Logically speaking, even if there is no such thing as Xiyuan's illness, the couple should come back before the autumn harvest. After all, grandpa cannot do all the work in the field by himself.

On the morning of the festival, grandma made a lump soup with white flour, and threw an egg in it. Now that it is cold, the hen has stopped laying eggs, and the few eggs she saved are reluctant to eat.

Grandpa had to go to the field after dinner. He couldn't wait for his son and daughter-in-law to come back. Now that the grain has matured, every family has started to rush to harvest it.It is very appropriate to say that it is a rush to harvest. Now the days are gradually getting shorter. It is almost [-] o'clock in the morning before it is bright, and it starts to get dark after [-] o'clock in the afternoon.Of course, there are no clocks here. This is what Xiyuan summed up based on the time measurement method here and combined with the experience of previous lives.In order to get back the food as soon as possible, the labor force in the village soaks in the fields as long as the sky is still bright. Even the food is delivered to the field by the family, and they eat it in a hurry before continuing to work. Isn't it the same as robbery.

Xiyuan also went to the field with his grandfather. He is already ten years old. Although it is a false age, people here don't care about it. As long as children reach the age of seven or eight, they have to work with adults and do their best to help the family. .

Xi Wei, the little tail, can't do without his brother. He can't do anything else. He just spends time in the fields, within sight of Xi Yuan and his grandfather. Holding a small cloth bag, I picked up soybeans, ears of grain, these missed grains.

At the end of the day, Xiyuan was so exhausted that he couldn't straighten his back, and spread out on the kang after dinner at night, he had never suffered such a crime.There are no big animals like cows or horses in the family, and all the work is done by people, so people can only work like animals.

"Grandpa, let's buy a cow next year. It's too tiring."

"Buy a cow? That's a lot of money. How can our family afford it? Besides, it's not worthwhile to raise a cow with only five acres of land."

"Yeah, cows are also precious, and they have to be taken care of. It's not enough to just feed grass, you have to feed fodder. Our family's food is collected and the taxes in the yamen are paid. The rest of the people will eat enough. How can there be cattle? It's for your sake." Grandma took over the conversation.

Grandma has spread the quilt, and the family is about to go to bed. Now that they are tired from work, they should take a rest when they have time.At this moment, someone's dog started barking, and the sound of footsteps stopped in front of the wooden door of Xiyuan's house. Grandpa hurriedly got up to look outside.Xiyuan also hurriedly got up from the kang, poor people can't bear to toss, so if there is any trouble, he is afraid that something bad will happen.

At this time, there were voices outside, and Xi Wei was about to fall asleep in a daze. At this time, he jumped up and down from the kang and ran outside, shouting, "Father, mother! Brother, it's father and mother." mother!"

"Hey, let dad see the old son!" A man's hearty laughter came from outside, mixed with the voices of grandpa and mother talking.Xiyuan knew that his nominal parents in this life had returned.

Before grandma and Xiyuan left the house, several people came in.Father and mother were carrying parcels, and father was holding Xi Wei in his arms.

"Why did it take you so long to come back? Did you receive the letter from Xiaoyuan who was sick? Did something happen to you outside?" Grandma kept asking while wiping her eyes.

"I received it. As soon as we got the letter, we both wanted to come back, but the owner didn't let me go, saying that it was going to be cold, and we couldn't do the work because of the freezing weather. At this time, leaving early will delay the completion of the work. No The solution was delayed for a few days, and the master found someone else to replace us before releasing us." Xiyuan's father was Xi Mingwen, a short man, honest and capable at first glance.

"That's right. At this time, the village has to clean up the autumn, so it's hard to find someone." Xiyuan's mother spoke a little loudly, and she seemed to have a good personality. Her surname was Zhang, and her name was Dongzhi. As the name suggested, she was born on the day of Dongzhi.The couple looked like honest people.Two honest people, it's no wonder why they can't come back when there is an urgent matter at home. They must have ignored it when they said they wouldn't let them go.This time, Xiyuan's father found a job to build a house for a rich family, and Xiyuan's mother cooked for these workers.

"Come on, Xi Wei, mother bought the candy, make it in the kang and eat it with my brother." Mother hugged Xi Wei onto the kang.

"Sit in the kang quickly, it's warm, and I'll make some hot food for you two." Grandma put on her apron and went to the kitchen.Xiyuan's family has only three thatched cottages. The grandparents and Xiwei brothers live in the east room, and Xiyuan's parents live in the west room.

"Father, what's wrong with Xiyuan? Are you all well now? You can worry us both." Xiyuan's mother asked grandpa.

"Hey! I have a fever. I've had a fever for several days. I've been confused by the fever. Your mother and I were thinking about what might happen, so we sent a letter to let you two come back. Fortunately, our baby is lucky. .” Grandpa said, clicking on the pipe pot.

"Then you didn't invite a doctor?" Xiyuan's father asked.

"Why didn't you invite me? Doctor Li in the village looked at it and said that it didn't look good, and he didn't dare to prescribe the medicine. So I went to the town to invite a doctor. The doctor in the town shook his head after seeing it!"

"Father, did you spend a lot of money on medical treatment?"

"Well, I don't have enough at home, so I borrowed it from someone else's."

"Father, the two of us have given the general half of the money this time. Don't you see enough?" Niang Xiyuan took out an old dress from the bag, opened it one by one from the left to the right, and took out a bunch of clothes. The copper coins were taken out.

"It's not nearly there, but it's probably almost there after the food is sold."

"Then what about the money for planting the land and buying seeds next year?" Father Xiyuan frowned and said.

"Let's think of a way to pay back the famine in front of us first."

"Oh."

Only after listening to the adult's conversation did Xiyuan know that his predecessor's illness not only exhausted the family's savings, but also caused the family to owe foreign debts.These grandparents never mentioned it to him, and he didn't realize it. In ancient times, getting sick was a terrible thing. One was that medical skills were backward, and the other was that seeing a doctor and buying medicine was a lot of money.

Parents went back to their room to rest after eating, and they had to get up early tomorrow to work in the field.

The moon is in the middle of the sky, today is August [-]th, and the family is finally reunited.The moonlight spilled into the room through the window, grandparents and Xi Wei were almost asleep, Xi Yuan turned over, thinking that he would never be able to go back to the place before, and he should settle down and take care of his life in this life. Intend.

With the two strong laborers of father and mother, it is enough for Xiyuan to do odd jobs beside him. It is estimated that the adults also feel sorry for Xiyuan's serious illness. Now that he is well, he is too tired.Whenever Xiyuan has time, he and Xiwei pick up autumn in the fields.The two of them handed over the ears of corn they had picked up to the family. The soybeans were stored in Xiyuan to see if they weighed less than two catties. Xiyuan soaked the beans in water for one night, drained the water the next day, and played tricks with grandma again. Asked for a teaspoon of oil.Heat up the pan, pour oil, see that the oil is boiling, pour the beans into the pan, fry slowly on low heat, add a small amount of salt before frying, and take out of the pan.

"Brother, it's delicious!" Xi Wei's mouth was stuffed like a little squirrel.

"Of course it's delicious, and I don't care who made it!" Xiyuan said in a whisper.The soybeans fried in this way are not as hard as the ones that have not been soaked. With oil and salt, they are salty and fragrant.This is the most delicious snack in this ancient time when supplies were scarce.

With the encouragement of fried soybeans, Xi Wei picked up Qiu Lai even more vigorously.Every night before going to bed, I have to tell my brother over and over again that I must call him when I get up in the morning, and that he will go to the fields with the adults.The autumn morning was already very cold, and Xiyuan was reluctant to get up early to suffer the cold together with him, but he couldn't bear to discourage Xi Wei's enthusiasm.

Every time before departure, Xi Wei grabs a handful of fried soybeans and puts them in his pocket. Sometimes he feels that he has taken too much, and then puts some back.Xiyuan watched Xi Wei tangled up over a few soybeans with amused expression.

Xi Wei is not the only child picking up autumn from the fields. Every time a few children get together, Xi Wei takes out a few soybeans from his pocket and puts them in his mouth, chewing them temptingly, attracting others The child is hungry.Some children wanted to eat it too, so they chased after Xi Wei's buttocks, shouting "Xi Wei, Xi Wei!" Begging Xi Wei to give him two to taste.At this time, Xi Wei was more stinky, and he gave him two if he saw what he liked, and he didn't give it for nothing. He asked other children to exchange the soybeans they picked up with him, one fried soybean for three soybeans .If you don't like it, I'm sorry, let's watch others eat it.Relying on two catties of fried soybeans, Xi Wei quickly gained popularity among the children.Xiyuan looked at Xi Wei's twitching and didn't stop him, and deeply felt that Xi Wei was, um, a child who can be taught!

One day, Xiyuan took the trap used to catch mice at home and went down to the field, where he caught two sparrows.Xi Wei laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth. He looked at his brother with eyes full of admiration. His brother is really capable!

When she came back in the evening, grandma put the sparrow in the stove and roasted it with the embers of cooking. The first one, Xi Wei, ate it very quickly, but the second one was reluctant to eat it too fast, because it would be gone after eating.Finally, Xi Wei chewed the bones of the two sparrows and ate them.

Xiyuan couldn't help but feel sour when he looked at it.No, as a modern person coming to this ancient world, if the family members are not fed well or warm enough, it would be a shame for us to travel through the army.We must find a way to change the status quo.But, is there any way to make money?

So, from that day on, Xiyuan's family found that Xiyuan was rather weird. He often looked at the distance alone in a daze, shaking his head and sighing, sometimes he seemed to think of something, jumped up and ran for two The steps stopped again dejectedly.

"This child, why is he in a daze!" Grandma watched Xiyuan circling in the yard, her eyes full of worry.